#C8D356#C8D356

#C8D356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.148 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D356
RGB	rgb(200, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -20.28, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 62.44, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.06 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.148 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7945, 59.5406, 17.7244)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D356 #6156D3

analogous

#D39F56 #C8D356 #89D356

triadic

#C8D356 #56C8D3 #D356C8

tetradic

#C8D356 #56D39F #6156D3 #D35689

square

#C8D356 #56D39F #6156D3 #D35689

split-complementary

#C8D356 #5689D3 #9F56D3

monochromatic

#828B24 #AFBB31 #C8D356 #D8E087 #E8ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#C8D356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D356

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D356	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.148 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe08a',
    500: '#c8d356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d356;
$custom-light: #dbe08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83427,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D356

secondary

#443C91

accent

#46E254

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D356

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

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