#C8D251#C8D251

#C8D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.151 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D251
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -20.14, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 64.08, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0601 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.151 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3524, 58.9676, 16.6177)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D251 #5B51D2

analogous

#D29C51 #C8D251 #88D251

triadic

#C8D251 #51C8D2 #D251C8

tetradic

#C8D251 #51D29C #5B51D2 #D25188

square

#C8D251 #51D29C #5B51D2 #D25188

split-complementary

#C8D251 #5188D2 #9C51D2

monochromatic

#7E8623 #ACB72F #C8D251 #D7DF82 #E7EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#C8D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D251

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D251	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.151 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf87',
    500: '#c8d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d251;
$custom-light: #dbdf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D251

secondary

#413B8D

accent

#46E252

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D251

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

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