#C8D457#C8D457

#C8D457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.149 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D457
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -20.70, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 62.46, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0611 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.149 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0843, 60.0553, 18.0211)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D457 #6357D4

analogous

#D4A157 #C8D457 #89D457

triadic

#C8D457 #57C8D4 #D457C8

tetradic

#C8D457 #57D4A1 #6357D4 #D45789

square

#C8D457 #57D4A1 #6357D4 #D45789

split-complementary

#C8D457 #5789D4 #A157D4

monochromatic

#838D24 #B0BD30 #C8D457 #D8E088 #E8EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#C8D457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D457

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D457	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.149 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18b',
    500: '#c8d457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d457;
$custom-light: #dbe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D457

secondary

#453D93

accent

#45E254

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D457

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

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