#C8D256#C8D256

#C8D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.147 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D256
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -19.79, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 62.00, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0586 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.147 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5469, 59.0453, 17.6418)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D256 #6056D2

analogous

#D29E56 #C8D256 #8AD256

triadic

#C8D256 #56C8D2 #D256C8

tetradic

#C8D256 #56D29E #6056D2 #D2568A

square

#C8D256 #56D29E #6056D2 #D2568A

split-complementary

#C8D256 #568AD2 #9E56D2

monochromatic

#818925 #AEB931 #C8D256 #D8DF86 #E7ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#C8D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D256

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D256	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)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.147 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf8a',
    500: '#c8d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d256;
$custom-light: #dbdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8321,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D256

secondary

#433D90

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D256

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

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