#C8D161#C8D161

#C8D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D161
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -18.44, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 56.75, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0537 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.137 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7785, 58.7442, 20.0761)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D161 #6A61D1

analogous

#D1A261 #C8D161 #90D161

triadic

#C8D161 #61C8D1 #D161C8

tetradic

#C8D161 #61D1A2 #6A61D1 #D16190

square

#C8D161 #61D1A2 #6A61D1 #D16190

split-complementary

#C8D161 #6190D1 #A261D1

monochromatic

#868E29 #B3BE37 #C8D161 #D9DF90 #E9EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C8D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D161

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D161	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)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf91',
    500: '#c8d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d161;
$custom-light: #dbdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83111,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D161

secondary

#494294

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D161

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

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