#C8D242#C8D242

#C8D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.162 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D242
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -21.05, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 69.88, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0642 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.162 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8508, 58.7669, 13.9757)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D242 #4C42D2

analogous

#D29442 #C8D242 #80D242

triadic

#C8D242 #42C8D2 #D242C8

tetradic

#C8D242 #42D294 #4C42D2 #D24280

square

#C8D242 #42D294 #4C42D2 #D24280

split-complementary

#C8D242 #4280D2 #9442D2

monochromatic

#757C1E #A4AD29 #C8D242 #D6DE73 #E5EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C8D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C8D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D242

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D242	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)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.162 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf7f',
    500: '#c8d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d242;
$custom-light: #dcdf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83038,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D242

secondary

#3A3484

accent

#43E54E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D242

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

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