#C8D451#C8D451
#C8D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.154 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8D451 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 212, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 60%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 62%, 83%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 16.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.82, -21.12, 61.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.82, 64.95, 108.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.6% -0.0629 0.1401) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.6% 0.154 114.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.8493, 59.9613, 16.7833) |
| Luminance | 0.5996 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.80
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.38
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.54
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.65
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.70
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8D451 #5D51D4
analogous
#D49E51 #C8D451 #87D451
triadic
#C8D451 #51C8D4 #D451C8
tetradic
#C8D451 #51D49E #5D51D4 #D45187
square
#C8D451 #51D49E #5D51D4 #D45187
split-complementary
#C8D451 #5187D4 #9E51D4
monochromatic
#7F8922 #ADBA2E #C8D451 #D8E082 #E7ECB3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#C8D451 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#C8D451 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8D451
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8D451 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8D451 | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.99 | 12.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CA41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4C8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8d451; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.154 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dce188',
500: '#c8d451',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8d451; $custom-light: #dce188; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8d451",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 212,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.496,
"s": 60.369,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83597,
"c": 0.15359,
"h": 114.2
},
"luminance": 0.5996
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8D451
secondary
#423A8F
accent
#44E453
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F