#C8D279#C8D279

#C8D279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.114 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D279
RGB	rgb(200, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 42.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -16.66, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 45.98, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0464 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.114 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3177, 59.7537, 26.9683)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D279 #8379D2

analogous

#D2B079 #C8D279 #9BD279

triadic

#C8D279 #79C8D2 #D279C8

tetradic

#C8D279 #79D2B0 #8379D2 #D2799B

square

#C8D279 #79D2B0 #8379D2 #D2799B

split-complementary

#C8D279 #799BD2 #B079D2

monochromatic

#919C34 #B5C34B #C8D279 #DBE1A7 #EEF1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#C8D279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D279

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D279	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.114 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadfa1',
    500: '#c8d279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d279;
$custom-light: #dadfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.742,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83645,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D279

secondary

#574EA1

accent

#28BD39

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D279

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

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