#C8D489#C8D489

#C8D489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.098 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D489
RGB	rgb(200, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(70, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 35.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -15.83, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 39.14, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.043 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.098 116)
XYZ	xyz(51.8784, 61.1729, 32.7366)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D489 #9589D4

analogous

#D4BA89 #C8D489 #A2D489

triadic

#C8D489 #89C8D4 #D489C8

tetradic

#C8D489 #89D4BA #9589D4 #D489A2

square

#C8D489 #89D4BA #9589D4 #D489A2

split-complementary

#C8D489 #89A2D4 #BA89D4

monochromatic

#95A63D #B3C45C #C8D489 #DDE4B6 #F2F5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C8D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#C8D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D489

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D489	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.098 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e1ac',
    500: '#c8d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d489;
$custom-light: #d9e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 46.584,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84332,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.61172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D489

secondary

#6557AA

accent

#2CBA42

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D489

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

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