#C8D249#C8D249

#C8D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.157 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D249
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -20.65, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 67.26, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0624 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.157 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0699, 58.8545, 15.1299)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D249 #5349D2

analogous

#D29849 #C8D249 #83D249

triadic

#C8D249 #49C8D2 #D249C8

tetradic

#C8D249 #49D298 #5349D2 #D24983

square

#C8D249 #49D298 #5349D2 #D24983

split-complementary

#C8D249 #4983D2 #9849D2

monochromatic

#7A8120 #A8B22C #C8D249 #D7DE7A #E6EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#C8D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D249

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D249	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.157 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf83',
    500: '#c8d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d249;
$custom-light: #dcdf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83092,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D249

secondary

#3D3788

accent

#44E350

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D249

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

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