#C8D257#C8D257

#C8D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.146 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D257
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -19.72, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 61.57, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0583 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5874, 59.0616, 17.8555)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D257 #6157D2

analogous

#D29E57 #C8D257 #8AD257

triadic

#C8D257 #57C8D2 #D257C8

tetradic

#C8D257 #57D29E #6157D2 #D2578A

square

#C8D257 #57D29E #6157D2 #D2578A

split-complementary

#C8D257 #578AD2 #9E57D2

monochromatic

#828A25 #AFBA32 #C8D257 #D8DF87 #E8ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#C8D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D257

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D257	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)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.146 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf8b',
    500: '#c8d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d257;
$custom-light: #dbdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8322,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D257

secondary

#443D90

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D257

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

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