#C8D856#C8D856

#C8D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.154 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D856
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -22.72, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 64.66, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0669 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.154 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0560, 62.0637, 18.1449)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D856 #6656D8

analogous

#D8A756 #C8D856 #87D856

triadic

#C8D856 #56C8D8 #D856C8

tetradic

#C8D856 #56D8A7 #6656D8 #D85687

square

#C8D856 #56D8A7 #6656D8 #D85687

split-complementary

#C8D856 #5687D8 #A756D8

monochromatic

#849222 #B1C42D #C8D856 #D8E388 #E8EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#C8D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D856

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D856	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)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.154 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48b',
    500: '#c8d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d856;
$custom-light: #dbe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84516,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D856

secondary

#463B97

accent

#42E656

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D856

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

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