#C8D164#C8D164

#C8D164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D164
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 52.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -18.19, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 55.39, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0527 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.134 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9211, 58.8012, 20.8268)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D164 #6D64D1

analogous

#D1A364 #C8D164 #91D164

triadic

#C8D164 #64C8D1 #D164C8

tetradic

#C8D164 #64D1A3 #6D64D1 #D16491

square

#C8D164 #64D1A3 #6D64D1 #D16491

split-complementary

#C8D164 #6491D1 #A364D1

monochromatic

#88902B #B4BF39 #C8D164 #D9DF93 #E9EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#C8D164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D164

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D164	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf93',
    500: '#c8d164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d164;
$custom-light: #dbdf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83147,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D164

secondary

#4A4396

accent

#24C231

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D164

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

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