#C8D173#C8D173

#C8D173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.119 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D173
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 45%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -16.78, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 48.38, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0473 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.119 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7151, 59.1188, 25.0085)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D173 #7C73D1

analogous

#D1AB73 #C8D173 #99D173

triadic

#C8D173 #73C8D1 #D173C8

tetradic

#C8D173 #73D1AB #7C73D1 #D17399

square

#C8D173 #73D1AB #7C73D1 #D17399

split-complementary

#C8D173 #7399D1 #AB73D1

monochromatic

#8E9832 #B6C245 #C8D173 #DAE0A1 #ECEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#C8D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D173

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D173	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)

#DDC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.119 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf9d',
    500: '#c8d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d173;
$custom-light: #dadf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.745,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83343,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D173

secondary

#534B9D

accent

#28BE36

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D173

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

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