#C8D851#C8D851

#C8D851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.158 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D851
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -23.06, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 66.69, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0683 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.158 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8616, 61.9859, 17.1208)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D851 #6151D8

analogous

#D8A451 #C8D851 #84D851

triadic

#C8D851 #51C8D8 #D851C8

tetradic

#C8D851 #51D8A4 #6151D8 #D85184

square

#C8D851 #51D8A4 #6151D8 #D85184

split-complementary

#C8D851 #5184D8 #A451D8

monochromatic

#828F20 #AFC12B #C8D851 #D8E383 #E8EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#C8D851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D851

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D851	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.158 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce488',
    500: '#c8d851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d851;
$custom-light: #dce488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D851

secondary

#443994

accent

#41E655

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D851

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

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