#C8D661#C8D661

#C8D661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.142 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D661
RGB	rgb(200, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -20.90, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 59.05, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0606 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.142 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0246, 61.2363, 20.4915)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D661 #6F61D6

analogous

#D6A961 #C8D661 #8DD661

triadic

#C8D661 #61C8D6 #D661C8

tetradic

#C8D661 #61D6A9 #6F61D6 #D6618D

square

#C8D661 #61D6A9 #6F61D6 #D6618D

split-complementary

#C8D661 #618DD6 #A961D6

monochromatic

#889627 #B5C633 #C8D661 #D9E392 #EAEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C8D661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#C8D661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D661

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D661	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	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)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.142 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe291',
    500: '#c8d661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d661;
$custom-light: #dbe291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.179,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84195,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D661

secondary

#4B409B

accent

#1FC633

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D661

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

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