#C8D859#C8D859

#C8D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.152 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D859
RGB	rgb(200, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -22.50, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 63.41, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.066 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.152 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1794, 62.1130, 18.7948)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D859 #6959D8

analogous

#D8A859 #C8D859 #89D859

triadic

#C8D859 #59C8D8 #D859C8

tetradic

#C8D859 #59D8A8 #6959D8 #D85989

square

#C8D859 #59D8A8 #6959D8 #D85989

split-complementary

#C8D859 #5989D8 #A859D8

monochromatic

#869423 #B2C52E #C8D859 #D8E48B #E9EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C8D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#C8D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D859

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D859	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.152 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48d',
    500: '#c8d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d859;
$custom-light: #dbe48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.559,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84545,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D859

secondary

#483C99

accent

#43E557

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D859

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

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