#C8D342#C8D342

#C8D342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.163 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D342
RGB	rgb(200, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -21.54, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 70.29, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0655 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.163 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0984, 59.2622, 14.0582)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D342 #4D42D3

analogous

#D39642 #C8D342 #80D342

triadic

#C8D342 #42C8D3 #D342C8

tetradic

#C8D342 #42D396 #4D42D3 #D34280

square

#C8D342 #42D396 #4D42D3 #D34280

split-complementary

#C8D342 #4280D3 #9642D3

monochromatic

#767D1D #A5AF29 #C8D342 #D6DF74 #E5EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#C8D342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D342

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D342	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)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.163 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce07f',
    500: '#c8d342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d342;
$custom-light: #dce07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D342

secondary

#3A3485

accent

#42E54F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D342

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

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