#C8D642#C8D642

#C8D642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.166 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D642
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -22.99, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 71.52, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0696 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.166 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8507, 60.7667, 14.3090)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D642 #5042D6

analogous

#D69A42 #C8D642 #7ED642

triadic

#C8D642 #42C8D6 #D642C8

tetradic

#C8D642 #42D69A #5042D6 #D6427E

square

#C8D642 #42D69A #5042D6 #D6427E

split-complementary

#C8D642 #427ED6 #9A42D6

monochromatic

#78821C #A6B427 #C8D642 #D7E174 #E5ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C8D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C8D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D642

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D642	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)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.166 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce27f',
    500: '#c8d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d642;
$custom-light: #dce27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83912,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D642

secondary

#3C3488

accent

#40E750

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D642

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

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