#C8CE59#C8CE59

#C8CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CE59
RGB	rgb(200, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -17.59, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 58.95, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0521 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.14 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6951, 57.1443, 17.9667)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CE59 #5F59CE

analogous

#CE9959 #C8CE59 #8DCE59

triadic

#C8CE59 #59C8CE #CE59C8

tetradic

#C8CE59 #59CE99 #5F59CE #CE598D

square

#C8CE59 #59CE99 #5F59CE #CE598D

split-complementary

#C8CE59 #598DCE #9959CE

monochromatic

#808527 #AEB535 #C8CE59 #D8DC88 #E7EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#C8CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CE59

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CE59	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc8c',
    500: '#c8ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ce59;
$custom-light: #dbdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82375,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CE59

secondary

#433F8C

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CE59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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