#C8D079#C8D079

#C8D079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.111 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D079
RGB	rgb(200, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 41.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -15.66, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 44.99, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0436 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.111 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8270, 58.7723, 26.8048)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D079 #8179D0

analogous

#D0AD79 #C8D079 #9DD079

triadic

#C8D079 #79C8D0 #D079C8

tetradic

#C8D079 #79D0AD #8179D0 #D0799D

square

#C8D079 #79D0AD #8179D0 #D0799D

split-complementary

#C8D079 #799DD0 #AD79D0

monochromatic

#909936 #B5C04C #C8D079 #DBE0A6 #EDF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C8D079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D079

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D079	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.111 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadea1',
    500: '#c8d079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d079;
$custom-light: #dadea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.517,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D079

secondary

#564F9F

accent

#2ABB38

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D079

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

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