#C8D561#C8D561

#C8D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D561
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -20.41, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 58.58, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0593 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.141 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7723, 60.7317, 20.4074)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D561 #6E61D5

analogous

#D5A861 #C8D561 #8ED561

triadic

#C8D561 #61C8D5 #D561C8

tetradic

#C8D561 #61D5A8 #6E61D5 #D5618E

square

#C8D561 #61D5A8 #6E61D5 #D5618E

split-complementary

#C8D561 #618ED5 #A861D5

monochromatic

#889427 #B4C534 #C8D561 #D9E291 #EAEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C8D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D561

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D561	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe191',
    500: '#c8d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d561;
$custom-light: #dbe191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.724,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83978,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D561

secondary

#4B4199

accent

#20C632

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D561

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

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