#C8D240#C8D240

#C8D240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.163 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D240
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -21.15, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 70.60, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0646 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.163 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7928, 58.7437, 13.6705)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D240 #4A40D2

analogous

#D29340 #C8D240 #7FD240

triadic

#C8D240 #40C8D2 #D240C8

tetradic

#C8D240 #40D293 #4A40D2 #D2407F

square

#C8D240 #40D293 #4A40D2 #D2407F

split-complementary

#C8D240 #407FD2 #9340D2

monochromatic

#747B1D #A3AC29 #C8D240 #D6DE72 #E5E9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C8D240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D240

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D240	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.163 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf7e',
    500: '#c8d240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d240;
$custom-light: #dcdf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D240

secondary

#393483

accent

#43E54E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D240

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

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