#C8D549#C8D549

#C8D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.161 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D549
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -22.11, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 68.52, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0665 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.161 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8175, 60.3498, 15.3791)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D549 #5649D5

analogous

#D59C49 #C8D549 #82D549

triadic

#C8D549 #49C8D5 #D549C8

tetradic

#C8D549 #49D59C #5649D5 #D54982

square

#C8D549 #49D59C #5649D5 #D54982

split-complementary

#C8D549 #4982D5 #9C49D5

monochromatic

#7B851F #AAB72A #C8D549 #D7E07B #E6ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#C8D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D549

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D549	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.161 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce183',
    500: '#c8d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d549;
$custom-light: #dce183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83746,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D549

secondary

#3F378C

accent

#42E651

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D549

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

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