#C8D265#C8D265

#C8D265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D265
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 52%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 51.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -18.59, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 55.40, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0537 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.134 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2159, 59.3129, 21.1653)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D265 #6F65D2

analogous

#D2A565 #C8D265 #91D265

triadic

#C8D265 #65C8D2 #D265C8

tetradic

#C8D265 #65D2A5 #6F65D2 #D26591

square

#C8D265 #65D2A5 #6F65D2 #D26591

split-complementary

#C8D265 #6591D2 #A565D2

monochromatic

#88922B #B5C138 #C8D265 #D9E094 #EAEEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#C8D265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D265

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D265	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdf94',
    500: '#c8d265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d265;
$custom-light: #dbdf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.505,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83375,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D265

secondary

#4B4498

accent

#23C232

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D265

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

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