#C8D459#C8D459

#C8D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D459
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -20.55, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 61.61, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0605 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.147 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1671, 60.0884, 18.4574)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D459 #6559D4

analogous

#D4A359 #C8D459 #8BD459

triadic

#C8D459 #59C8D4 #D459C8

tetradic

#C8D459 #59D4A3 #6559D4 #D4598B

square

#C8D459 #59D4A3 #6559D4 #D4598B

split-complementary

#C8D459 #598BD4 #A359D4

monochromatic

#848E25 #B1BE31 #C8D459 #D8E18A #E8EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#C8D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D459

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D459	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18c',
    500: '#c8d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d459;
$custom-light: #dbe18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83674,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D459

secondary

#463E94

accent

#46E255

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D459

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

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