#C8D159#C8D159

#C8D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D159
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -19.07, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 60.27, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0563 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.144 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4242, 58.6025, 18.2098)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D159 #6259D1

analogous

#D19E59 #C8D159 #8CD159

triadic

#C8D159 #59C8D1 #D159C8

tetradic

#C8D159 #59D19E #6259D1 #D1598C

square

#C8D159 #59D19E #6259D1 #D1598C

split-complementary

#C8D159 #598CD1 #9E59D1

monochromatic

#828926 #AFB933 #C8D159 #D8DE89 #E8ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#C8D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D159

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D159	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf8c',
    500: '#c8d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d159;
$custom-light: #dbdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D159

secondary

#443E90

accent

#48E053

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D159

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

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