#C8D855#C8D855

#C8D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.155 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D855
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -22.79, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 65.07, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0672 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.155 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0160, 62.0477, 17.9342)
Luminance	0.6205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D855 #6555D8

analogous

#D8A755 #C8D855 #87D855

triadic

#C8D855 #55C8D8 #D855C8

tetradic

#C8D855 #55D8A7 #6555D8 #D85587

square

#C8D855 #55D8A7 #6555D8 #D85587

split-complementary

#C8D855 #5587D8 #A755D8

monochromatic

#849121 #B1C32D #C8D855 #D8E387 #E8EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#C8D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D855

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D855	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.155 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48a',
    500: '#c8d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d855;
$custom-light: #dbe48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84506,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D855

secondary

#463B96

accent

#42E656

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D855

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →