#C8D462#C8D462

#C8D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.139 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D462
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 53.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -19.84, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 57.68, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0575 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.139 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5684, 60.2489, 20.5709)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D462 #6E62D4

analogous

#D4A762 #C8D462 #8FD462

triadic

#C8D462 #62C8D4 #D462C8

tetradic

#C8D462 #62D4A7 #6E62D4 #D4628F

square

#C8D462 #62D4A7 #6E62D4 #D4628F

split-complementary

#C8D462 #628FD4 #A762D4

monochromatic

#889328 #B4C335 #C8D462 #D9E192 #EAEEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C8D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D462

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D462	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)

#E1CB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.139 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe192',
    500: '#c8d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d462;
$custom-light: #dbe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83772,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D462

secondary

#4B4299

accent

#21C532

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D462

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →