#C8D238#C8D238

#C8D238 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.168 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D238
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -21.54, 70.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 73.31, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0664 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.168 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5813, 58.6591, 12.5565)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D238 #4238D2

analogous

#D28F38 #C8D238 #7BD238

triadic

#C8D238 #38C8D2 #D238C8

tetradic

#C8D238 #38D28F #4238D2 #D2387B

square

#C8D238 #38D28F #4238D2 #D2387B

split-complementary

#C8D238 #387BD2 #8F38D2

monochromatic

#6F751A #9FA726 #C8D238 #D6DD6A #E4E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#C8D238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D238

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D238	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.168 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf7a',
    500: '#c8d238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d238;
$custom-light: #dcdf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82972,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D238

secondary

#36317E

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D238

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

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