#C8D640#C8D640

#C8D640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.168 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D640
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -23.10, 68.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 72.22, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0701 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.168 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7927, 60.7435, 14.0038)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D640 #4E40D6

analogous

#D69940 #C8D640 #7DD640

triadic

#C8D640 #40C8D6 #D640C8

tetradic

#C8D640 #40D699 #4E40D6 #D6407D

square

#C8D640 #40D699 #4E40D6 #D6407D

split-complementary

#C8D640 #407DD6 #9940D6

monochromatic

#77801B #A5B226 #C8D640 #D7E172 #E5ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C8D640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D640

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D640	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)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.168 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce27e',
    500: '#c8d640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d640;
$custom-light: #dce27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83898,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D640

secondary

#3B3387

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D640

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

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