#C8D579#C8D579

#C8D579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.117 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D579
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 43.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -18.15, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 47.47, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0507 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.117 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0653, 61.2489, 27.2175)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D579 #8679D5

analogous

#D5B479 #C8D579 #9AD579

triadic

#C8D579 #79C8D5 #D579C8

tetradic

#C8D579 #79D5B4 #8679D5 #D5799A

square

#C8D579 #79D5B4 #8679D5 #D5799A

split-complementary

#C8D579 #799AD5 #B479D5

monochromatic

#91A132 #B5C64A #C8D579 #DBE4A8 #EEF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C8D579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#C8D579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D579

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D579	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.117 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae1a1',
    500: '#c8d579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d579;
$custom-light: #dae1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.478,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8429,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D579

secondary

#594DA5

accent

#26C03C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D579

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

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