#C8D557#C8D557

#C8D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.150 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D557
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -21.19, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 62.90, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0625 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.15 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3350, 60.5568, 18.1047)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D557 #6457D5

analogous

#D5A357 #C8D557 #89D557

triadic

#C8D557 #57C8D5 #D557C8

tetradic

#C8D557 #57D5A3 #6457D5 #D55789

square

#C8D557 #57D5A3 #6457D5 #D55789

split-complementary

#C8D557 #5789D5 #A357D5

monochromatic

#838E24 #B0BF30 #C8D557 #D8E188 #E8EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#C8D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D557

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D557	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.150 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18b',
    500: '#c8d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d557;
$custom-light: #dbe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.19,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83872,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D557

secondary

#453C94

accent

#45E355

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D557

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

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