#C8CF42#C8CF42

#C8CF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.159 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CF42
RGB	rgb(200, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -19.58, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 68.67, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.06 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.159 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1170, 57.2994, 13.7311)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CF42 #4942CF

analogous

#CF8F42 #C8CF42 #81CF42

triadic

#C8CF42 #42C8CF #CF42C8

tetradic

#C8CF42 #42CF8F #4942CF #CF4281

square

#C8CF42 #42CF8F #4942CF #CF4281

split-complementary

#C8CF42 #4281CF #8F42CF

monochromatic

#74781F #A3A92B #C8CF42 #D6DB73 #E4E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C8CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#C8CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CF42

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CF42	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.159 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdd7f',
    500: '#c8cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8cf42;
$custom-light: #dcdd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82385,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CF42

secondary

#393580

accent

#45E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CF42

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

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