#C8D442#C8D442

#C8D442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.164 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D442
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -22.02, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 70.70, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0669 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.164 114)
XYZ	xyz(48.3476, 59.7606, 14.1413)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D442 #4E42D4

analogous

#D49742 #C8D442 #7FD442

triadic

#C8D442 #42C8D4 #D442C8

tetradic

#C8D442 #42D497 #4E42D4 #D4427F

square

#C8D442 #42D497 #4E42D4 #D4427F

split-complementary

#C8D442 #427FD4 #9742D4

monochromatic

#777F1D #A5B128 #C8D442 #D7DF74 #E5EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#C8D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D442

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D442	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)

#E3CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.164 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce17f',
    500: '#c8d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d442;
$custom-light: #dce17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83474,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D442

secondary

#3B3486

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D442

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

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