#C8D465#C8D465

#C8D465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D465
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 52%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 52.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -19.58, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 56.33, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0565 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.136 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7127, 60.3067, 21.3309)
Luminance	0.6031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D465 #7165D4

analogous

#D4A965 #C8D465 #91D465

triadic

#C8D465 #65C8D4 #D465C8

tetradic

#C8D465 #65D4A9 #7165D4 #D46591

square

#C8D465 #65D4A9 #7165D4 #D46591

split-complementary

#C8D465 #6591D4 #A965D4

monochromatic

#89952A #B6C537 #C8D465 #D9E195 #EAEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#C8D465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D465

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D465	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe194',
    500: '#c8d465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d465;
$custom-light: #dbe194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83807,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D465

secondary

#4C439A

accent

#22C433

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D465

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

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