#C8D65E#C8D65E

#C8D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.145 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D65E
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 56.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -21.14, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 60.36, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0616 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.145 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8873, 61.1814, 19.7687)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D65E #6C5ED6

analogous

#D6A85E #C8D65E #8CD65E

triadic

#C8D65E #5EC8D6 #D65EC8

tetradic

#C8D65E #5ED6A8 #6C5ED6 #D65E8C

square

#C8D65E #5ED6A8 #6C5ED6 #D65E8C

split-complementary

#C8D65E #5E8CD6 #A85ED6

monochromatic

#879426 #B4C532 #C8D65E #D9E28F #E9EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C8D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#C8D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D65E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D65E	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.145 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe290',
    500: '#c8d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d65e;
$custom-light: #dbe290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D65E

secondary

#4A3F99

accent

#1EC732

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D65E

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

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