#C8D449#C8D449

#C8D449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.160 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D449
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -21.63, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 68.10, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0651 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.16 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5668, 59.8483, 15.2955)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D449 #5549D4

analogous

#D49A49 #C8D449 #82D449

triadic

#C8D449 #49C8D4 #D449C8

tetradic

#C8D449 #49D49A #5549D4 #D44982

square

#C8D449 #49D49A #5549D4 #D44982

split-complementary

#C8D449 #4982D4 #9A49D4

monochromatic

#7B841F #A9B52B #C8D449 #D7E07B #E6EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#C8D449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D449

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D449	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.160 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce183',
    500: '#c8d449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d449;
$custom-light: #dce183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83528,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D449

secondary

#3E378A

accent

#43E551

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D449

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

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