#C8D040#C8D040

#C8D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.161 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D040
RGB	rgb(200, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -20.17, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 69.80, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0619 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.161 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3021, 57.7623, 13.5070)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D040 #4840D0

analogous

#D09040 #C8D040 #80D040

triadic

#C8D040 #40C8D0 #D040C8

tetradic

#C8D040 #40D090 #4840D0 #D04080

square

#C8D040 #40D090 #4840D0 #D04080

split-complementary

#C8D040 #4080D0 #9040D0

monochromatic

#73781E #A2A92A #C8D040 #D6DC71 #E4E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#C8D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D040

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D040	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.161 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde7e',
    500: '#c8d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d040;
$custom-light: #dcde7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82588,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D040

secondary

#383480

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D040

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

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