#C8D259#C8D259

#C8D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D259
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -19.57, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 60.72, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0577 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.145 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6703, 59.0947, 18.2918)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D259 #6359D2

analogous

#D29F59 #C8D259 #8BD259

triadic

#C8D259 #59C8D2 #D259C8

tetradic

#C8D259 #59D29F #6359D2 #D2598B

square

#C8D259 #59D29F #6359D2 #D2598B

split-complementary

#C8D259 #598BD2 #9F59D2

monochromatic

#838B26 #B0BB33 #C8D259 #D8DF89 #E8ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C8D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#C8D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D259

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D259	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf8c',
    500: '#c8d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d259;
$custom-light: #dbdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8324,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D259

secondary

#453E91

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D259

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

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