#C8D527#C8D527

#C8D527 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.179 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D527
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 81.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -23.63, 75.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 79.23, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0735 0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.179 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9814, 60.0153, 10.9756)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D527 #3427D5

analogous

#D58B27 #C8D527 #71D527

triadic

#C8D527 #27C8D5 #D527C8

tetradic

#C8D527 #27D58B #3427D5 #D52771

square

#C8D527 #27D58B #3427D5 #D52771

split-complementary

#C8D527 #2771D5 #8B27D5

monochromatic

#676E14 #97A11E #C8D527 #D6E159 #E3EA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C8D527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#C8D527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D527

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D527	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.179 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde173',
    500: '#c8d527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d527;
$custom-light: #dde173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.483,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83543,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D527

secondary

#2F2977

accent

#3CEC49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D527

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

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