#C8D172#C8D172

#C8D172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.120 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D172
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -16.88, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 48.86, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0476 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.12 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6578, 59.0959, 24.7070)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D172 #7B72D1

analogous

#D1AA72 #C8D172 #98D172

triadic

#C8D172 #72C8D1 #D172C8

tetradic

#C8D172 #72D1AA #7B72D1 #D17298

square

#C8D172 #72D1AA #7B72D1 #D17298

split-complementary

#C8D172 #7298D1 #AA72D1

monochromatic

#8E9731 #B6C244 #C8D172 #DAE0A0 #ECEFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#C8D172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D172

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D172	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.120 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf9c',
    500: '#c8d172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d172;
$custom-light: #dadf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.684,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83328,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D172

secondary

#524A9D

accent

#27BE36

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D172

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

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