#C8D659#C8D659

#C8D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.149 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D659
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -21.53, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 62.51, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0632 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.149 115)
XYZ	xyz(49.6702, 61.0945, 18.6251)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D659 #6759D6

analogous

#D6A659 #C8D659 #8AD659

triadic

#C8D659 #59C8D6 #D659C8

tetradic

#C8D659 #59D6A6 #6759D6 #D6598A

square

#C8D659 #59D6A6 #6759D6 #D6598A

split-complementary

#C8D659 #598AD6 #A659D6

monochromatic

#859124 #B2C230 #C8D659 #D8E28A #E9EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C8D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#C8D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D659

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D659	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.149 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe28c',
    500: '#c8d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d659;
$custom-light: #dbe28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84109,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.61094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D659

secondary

#473D96

accent

#44E456

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D659

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

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