#C8D059#C8D059

#C8D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D059
RGB	rgb(200, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -18.58, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 59.83, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0549 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.143 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1796, 58.1133, 18.1282)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D059 #6159D0

analogous

#D09D59 #C8D059 #8CD059

triadic

#C8D059 #59C8D0 #D059C8

tetradic

#C8D059 #59D09D #6159D0 #D0598C

square

#C8D059 #59D09D #6159D0 #D0598C

split-complementary

#C8D059 #598CD0 #9D59D0

monochromatic

#828827 #AFB834 #C8D059 #D8DE89 #E8EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#C8D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D059

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D059	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbde8c',
    500: '#c8d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d059;
$custom-light: #dbde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82807,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D059

secondary

#443E8F

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D059

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

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