#C8D178#C8D178

#C8D178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.113 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D178
RGB	rgb(200, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 42.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -16.27, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 45.97, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0454 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.113 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0106, 59.2370, 26.5650)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D178 #8178D1

analogous

#D1AD78 #C8D178 #9CD178

triadic

#C8D178 #78C8D1 #D178C8

tetradic

#C8D178 #78D1AD #8178D1 #D1789C

square

#C8D178 #78D1AD #8178D1 #D1789C

split-complementary

#C8D178 #789CD1 #AD78D1

monochromatic

#909A35 #B5C14A #C8D178 #DBE1A6 #EDF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C8D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D178

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D178	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.113 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadfa0',
    500: '#c8d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d178;
$custom-light: #dadfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.067,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83415,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D178

secondary

#564E9F

accent

#29BC38

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D178

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

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