#C8D542#C8D542

#C8D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.165 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D542
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -22.51, 67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 71.11, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0682 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.165 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5984, 60.2621, 14.2249)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D542 #4F42D5

analogous

#D59842 #C8D542 #7FD542

triadic

#C8D542 #42C8D5 #D542C8

tetradic

#C8D542 #42D598 #4F42D5 #D5427F

square

#C8D542 #42D598 #4F42D5 #D5427F

split-complementary

#C8D542 #427FD5 #9842D5

monochromatic

#77801C #A6B228 #C8D542 #D7E074 #E5EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#C8D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D542

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D542	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)

#E4CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.165 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce17f',
    500: '#c8d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d542;
$custom-light: #dce17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83693,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D542

secondary

#3B3487

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D542

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

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