#C8D938#C8D938

#C8D938 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.175 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D938
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -24.93, 71.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 76.07, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0758 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.175 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3474, 62.1914, 13.1452)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D938 #4938D9

analogous

#D99938 #C8D938 #78D938

triadic

#C8D938 #38C8D9 #D938C8

tetradic

#C8D938 #38D999 #4938D9 #D93878

square

#C8D938 #38D999 #4938D9 #D93878

split-complementary

#C8D938 #3878D9 #9938D9

monochromatic

#747E18 #A3B222 #C8D938 #D6E36B #E4ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C8D938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#C8D938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D938

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D938	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.175 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce47b',
    500: '#c8d938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d938;
$custom-light: #dce47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.335,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84504,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D938

secondary

#393086

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D938

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

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