#C8D162#C8D162

#C8D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D162
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -18.36, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 56.30, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0534 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.136 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8255, 58.7630, 20.3232)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D162 #6B62D1

analogous

#D1A362 #C8D162 #90D162

triadic

#C8D162 #62C8D1 #D162C8

tetradic

#C8D162 #62D1A3 #6B62D1 #D16290

square

#C8D162 #62D1A3 #6B62D1 #D16290

split-complementary

#C8D162 #6290D1 #A362D1

monochromatic

#878F2A #B3BE38 #C8D162 #D9DF91 #E9EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C8D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D162

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D162	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)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf92',
    500: '#c8d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d162;
$custom-light: #dbdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83123,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D162

secondary

#494295

accent

#23C230

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D162

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

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