#C8D138#C8D138

#C8D138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.167 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D138
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -21.05, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 72.92, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0651 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.167 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3352, 58.1669, 12.4744)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D138 #4138D1

analogous

#D18D38 #C8D138 #7CD138

triadic

#C8D138 #38C8D1 #D138C8

tetradic

#C8D138 #38D18D #4138D1 #D1387C

square

#C8D138 #38D18D #4138D1 #D1387C

split-complementary

#C8D138 #387CD1 #8D38D1

monochromatic

#6F741B #9EA626 #C8D138 #D6DC6A #E3E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C8D138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#C8D138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D138

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D138	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.167 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde7a',
    500: '#c8d138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d138;
$custom-light: #dcde7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82753,
    "c": 0.16711,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D138

secondary

#35317C

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D138

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

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