#C8D857#C8D857

#C8D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.153 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D857
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -22.65, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 64.25, 110.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0666 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.153 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0966, 62.0799, 18.3585)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D857 #6757D8

analogous

#D8A857 #C8D857 #88D857

triadic

#C8D857 #57C8D8 #D857C8

tetradic

#C8D857 #57D8A8 #6757D8 #D85788

square

#C8D857 #57D8A8 #6757D8 #D85788

split-complementary

#C8D857 #5788D8 #A857D8

monochromatic

#859322 #B2C42E #C8D857 #D8E489 #E9EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C8D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#C8D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D857

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D857	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.153 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48b',
    500: '#c8d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d857;
$custom-light: #dbe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.442,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84525,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D857

secondary

#473C98

accent

#42E557

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D857

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

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