#C8D255#C8D255

#C8D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.148 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D255
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -19.86, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 62.42, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0589 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.148 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5069, 59.0293, 17.4311)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D255 #5F55D2

analogous

#D29D55 #C8D255 #89D255

triadic

#C8D255 #55C8D2 #D255C8

tetradic

#C8D255 #55D29D #5F55D2 #D25589

square

#C8D255 #55D29D #5F55D2 #D25589

split-complementary

#C8D255 #5589D2 #9D55D2

monochromatic

#808824 #AEB931 #C8D255 #D8DF85 #E7ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#C8D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D255

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D255	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.148 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf8a',
    500: '#c8d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d255;
$custom-light: #dbdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.832,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D255

secondary

#433C8F

accent

#46E153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D255

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

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