#C8D479#C8D479

#C8D479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.116 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D479
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 42.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -17.65, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 46.97, 112.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0493 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.116 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8146, 60.7474, 27.1340)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D479 #8579D4

analogous

#D4B279 #C8D479 #9AD479

triadic

#C8D479 #79C8D4 #D479C8

tetradic

#C8D479 #79D4B2 #8579D4 #D4799A

square

#C8D479 #79D4B2 #8579D4 #D4799A

split-complementary

#C8D479 #799AD4 #B279D4

monochromatic

#919F33 #B5C54B #C8D479 #DBE3A7 #EEF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C8D479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D479

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D479	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.116 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae1a1',
    500: '#c8d479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d479;
$custom-light: #dae1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.912,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84075,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D479

secondary

#594DA4

accent

#27BF3B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D479

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

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