#C8D165#C8D165

#C8D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D165
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 51.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -18.10, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 54.94, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0523 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.133 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9698, 58.8207, 21.0833)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D165 #6E65D1

analogous

#D1A465 #C8D165 #92D165

triadic

#C8D165 #65C8D1 #D165C8

tetradic

#C8D165 #65D1A4 #6E65D1 #D16592

square

#C8D165 #65D1A4 #6E65D1 #D16592

split-complementary

#C8D165 #6592D1 #A465D1

monochromatic

#88902B #B4C039 #C8D165 #D9DF94 #EAEDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#C8D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D165

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D165	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)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf94',
    500: '#c8d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d165;
$custom-light: #dbdf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83159,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D165

secondary

#4B4496

accent

#24C131

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D165

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

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