#C8D357#C8D357

#C8D357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.148 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D357
RGB	rgb(200, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -20.21, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 62.02, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0597 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.148 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8351, 59.5569, 17.9380)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D357 #6257D3

analogous

#D3A057 #C8D357 #8AD357

triadic

#C8D357 #57C8D3 #D357C8

tetradic

#C8D357 #57D3A0 #6257D3 #D3578A

square

#C8D357 #57D3A0 #6257D3 #D3578A

split-complementary

#C8D357 #578AD3 #A057D3

monochromatic

#828B24 #AFBC31 #C8D357 #D8E087 #E8ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#C8D357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D357

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D357	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)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.148 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe08b',
    500: '#c8d357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d357;
$custom-light: #dbe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83437,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D357

secondary

#443D91

accent

#46E254

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D357

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

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