#C8D842#C8D842

#C8D842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.169 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D842
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -23.96, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 72.34, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0723 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.169 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3599, 61.7852, 14.4787)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D842 #5242D8

analogous

#D89D42 #C8D842 #7DD842

triadic

#C8D842 #42C8D8 #D842C8

tetradic

#C8D842 #42D89D #5242D8 #D8427D

square

#C8D842 #42D89D #5242D8 #D8427D

split-complementary

#C8D842 #427DD8 #9D42D8

monochromatic

#79841B #A8B726 #C8D842 #D7E275 #E6EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#C8D842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D842

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D842	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.169 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce37f',
    500: '#c8d842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d842;
$custom-light: #dce37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84349,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D842

secondary

#3D338B

accent

#3FE951

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D842

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

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