#C8D440#C8D440

#C8D440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.166 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D440
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -22.13, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 71.41, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0674 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.166 114)
XYZ	xyz(48.2897, 59.7374, 13.8361)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D440 #4C40D4

analogous

#D49640 #C8D440 #7ED440

triadic

#C8D440 #40C8D4 #D440C8

tetradic

#C8D440 #40D496 #4C40D4 #D4407E

square

#C8D440 #40D496 #4C40D4 #D4407E

split-complementary

#C8D440 #407ED4 #9640D4

monochromatic

#757D1C #A4AF27 #C8D440 #D6DF72 #E5EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#C8D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D440

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D440	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.166 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce17e',
    500: '#c8d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d440;
$custom-light: #dce17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8346,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.59736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D440

secondary

#3A3385

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D440

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

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