#C8D456#C8D456

#C8D456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.150 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D456
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -20.77, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 62.88, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0614 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.15 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0437, 60.0390, 17.8074)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D456 #6256D4

analogous

#D4A156 #C8D456 #89D456

triadic

#C8D456 #56C8D4 #D456C8

tetradic

#C8D456 #56D4A1 #6256D4 #D45689

square

#C8D456 #56D4A1 #6256D4 #D45689

split-complementary

#C8D456 #5689D4 #A156D4

monochromatic

#828C24 #AFBD30 #C8D456 #D8E087 #E8EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#C8D456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D456

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D456	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.150 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18b',
    500: '#c8d456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d456;
$custom-light: #dbe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83644,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D456

secondary

#443C92

accent

#45E354

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D456

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

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