#C8D540#C8D540

#C8D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.167 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D540
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -22.61, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 71.81, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0687 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.167 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5404, 60.2389, 13.9197)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D540 #4D40D5

analogous

#D59840 #C8D540 #7ED540

triadic

#C8D540 #40C8D5 #D540C8

tetradic

#C8D540 #40D598 #4D40D5 #D5407E

square

#C8D540 #40D598 #4D40D5 #D5407E

split-complementary

#C8D540 #407ED5 #9840D5

monochromatic

#767F1C #A5B127 #C8D540 #D6E072 #E5EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C8D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D540

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D540	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)

#E4CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.167 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce17e',
    500: '#c8d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d540;
$custom-light: #dce17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.235,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83679,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D540

secondary

#3A3386

accent

#41E74F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D540

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

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