#C8D042#C8D042

#C8D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.160 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D042
RGB	rgb(200, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -20.07, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 69.07, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0614 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.16 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3601, 57.7855, 13.8121)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D042 #4A42D0

analogous

#D09142 #C8D042 #81D042

triadic

#C8D042 #42C8D0 #D042C8

tetradic

#C8D042 #42D091 #4A42D0 #D04281

square

#C8D042 #42D091 #4A42D0 #D04281

split-complementary

#C8D042 #4281D0 #9142D0

monochromatic

#74791E #A3AA2A #C8D042 #D6DC73 #E5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C8D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#C8D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D042

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D042	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.160 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde7f',
    500: '#c8d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d042;
$custom-light: #dcde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82603,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D042

secondary

#393581

accent

#44E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D042

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

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