#C8D565#C8D565

#C8D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.138 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D565
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 52.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -20.07, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 56.80, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0579 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.138 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9635, 60.8081, 21.4145)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D565 #7265D5

analogous

#D5AA65 #C8D565 #90D565

triadic

#C8D565 #65C8D5 #D565C8

tetradic

#C8D565 #65D5AA #7265D5 #D56590

square

#C8D565 #65D5AA #7265D5 #D56590

split-complementary

#C8D565 #6590D5 #AA65D5

monochromatic

#8A9729 #B6C736 #C8D565 #D9E295 #EAEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#C8D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D565

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D565	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.138 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe194',
    500: '#c8d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d565;
$custom-light: #dbe194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.964,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84024,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D565

secondary

#4D439C

accent

#21C534

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D565

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

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