#C8D427#C8D427

#C8D427 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.178 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D427
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 81.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -23.15, 75.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 78.86, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0722 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.178 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7307, 59.5138, 10.8920)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D427 #3327D4

analogous

#D48A27 #C8D427 #72D427

triadic

#C8D427 #27C8D4 #D427C8

tetradic

#C8D427 #27D48A #3327D4 #D42772

square

#C8D427 #27D48A #3327D4 #D42772

split-complementary

#C8D427 #2772D4 #8A27D4

monochromatic

#666D14 #97A01D #C8D427 #D7E058 #E3EA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C8D427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#C8D427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D427

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D427	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.178 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde173',
    500: '#c8d427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d427;
$custom-light: #dde173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.162,
    "s": 68.924,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83324,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D427

secondary

#2F2976

accent

#3CEC48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D427

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

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