#C8D261#C8D261

#C8D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D261
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -18.93, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 57.20, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0551 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.138 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0246, 59.2364, 20.1582)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D261 #6B61D2

analogous

#D2A461 #C8D261 #8FD261

triadic

#C8D261 #61C8D2 #D261C8

tetradic

#C8D261 #61D2A4 #6B61D2 #D2618F

square

#C8D261 #61D2A4 #6B61D2 #D2618F

split-complementary

#C8D261 #618FD2 #A461D2

monochromatic

#879029 #B3BF36 #C8D261 #D9E091 #E9EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C8D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D261

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D261	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf91',
    500: '#c8d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d261;
$custom-light: #dbdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83328,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D261

secondary

#494296

accent

#22C331

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D261

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

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