#C8D55B#C8D55B

#C8D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.147 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D55B
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -20.89, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 61.20, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0612 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.147 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5030, 60.6240, 18.9893)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D55B #685BD5

analogous

#D5A55B #C8D55B #8BD55B

triadic

#C8D55B #5BC8D5 #D55BC8

tetradic

#C8D55B #5BD5A5 #685BD5 #D55B8B

square

#C8D55B #5BD5A5 #685BD5 #D55B8B

split-complementary

#C8D55B #5B8BD5 #A55BD5

monochromatic

#859125 #B2C132 #C8D55B #D8E18C #E9EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#C8D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D55B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D55B	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)

#E3CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.147 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe18e',
    500: '#c8d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d55b;
$custom-light: #dbe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.393,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83912,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D55B

secondary

#473E96

accent

#45E256

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D55B

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

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