#C8D461#C8D461

#C8D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D461
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 54.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -19.92, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 58.12, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0579 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.14 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5215, 60.2302, 20.3238)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D461 #6D61D4

analogous

#D4A661 #C8D461 #8ED461

triadic

#C8D461 #61C8D4 #D461C8

tetradic

#C8D461 #61D4A6 #6D61D4 #D4618E

square

#C8D461 #61D4A6 #6D61D4 #D4618E

split-complementary

#C8D461 #618ED4 #A661D4

monochromatic

#889328 #B4C335 #C8D461 #D9E191 #E9EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C8D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D461

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D461	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe191',
    500: '#c8d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d461;
$custom-light: #dbe191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.261,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83761,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D461

secondary

#4A4198

accent

#21C532

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D461

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

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