#C8D559#C8D559

#C8D559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.148 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D559
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -21.04, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 62.06, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0618 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.148 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4179, 60.5899, 18.5410)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D559 #6659D5

analogous

#D5A459 #C8D559 #8AD559

triadic

#C8D559 #59C8D5 #D559C8

tetradic

#C8D559 #59D5A4 #6659D5 #D5598A

square

#C8D559 #59D5A4 #6659D5 #D5598A

split-complementary

#C8D559 #598AD5 #A459D5

monochromatic

#848F24 #B1C031 #C8D559 #D8E18A #E8EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#C8D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D559

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D559	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.148 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18c',
    500: '#c8d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d559;
$custom-light: #dbe18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.29,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83892,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D559

secondary

#463D95

accent

#45E356

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D559

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

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