#C8D551#C8D551

#C8D551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.155 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D551
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -21.61, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 65.38, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0642 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.155 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1000, 60.4628, 16.8669)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D551 #5E51D5

analogous

#D5A051 #C8D551 #86D551

triadic

#C8D551 #51C8D5 #D551C8

tetradic

#C8D551 #51D5A0 #5E51D5 #D55186

square

#C8D551 #51D5A0 #5E51D5 #D55186

split-complementary

#C8D551 #5186D5 #A051D5

monochromatic

#808A21 #AEBC2D #C8D551 #D8E182 #E7EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#C8D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D551

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D551	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.155 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce188',
    500: '#c8d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d551;
$custom-light: #dce188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D551

secondary

#423A90

accent

#44E453

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D551

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

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