#C8D44E#C8D44E

#C8D44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D44E
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -21.32, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 66.15, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0637 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.156 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7393, 59.9173, 16.2039)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D44E #5A4ED4

analogous

#D49D4E #C8D44E #85D44E

triadic

#C8D44E #4EC8D4 #D44EC8

tetradic

#C8D44E #4ED49D #5A4ED4 #D44E85

square

#C8D44E #4ED49D #5A4ED4 #D44E85

split-complementary

#C8D44E #4E85D4 #9D4ED4

monochromatic

#7E8721 #ACB82D #C8D44E #D7E07F #E7ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#C8D44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D44E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D44E	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce186',
    500: '#c8d44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d44e;
$custom-light: #dce186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8357,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D44E

secondary

#40398D

accent

#44E452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D44E

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

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