#C8D359#C8D359

#C8D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.146 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D359
RGB	rgb(200, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -20.06, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 61.16, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0591 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.146 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9179, 59.5900, 18.3743)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D359 #6459D3

analogous

#D3A159 #C8D359 #8BD359

triadic

#C8D359 #59C8D3 #D359C8

tetradic

#C8D359 #59D3A1 #6459D3 #D3598B

square

#C8D359 #59D3A1 #6459D3 #D3598B

split-complementary

#C8D359 #598BD3 #A159D3

monochromatic

#838C25 #B0BD32 #C8D359 #D8E089 #E8EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#C8D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D359

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D359	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe08c',
    500: '#c8d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d359;
$custom-light: #dbe08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83457,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D359

secondary

#453E92

accent

#46E154

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D359

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

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