#C8D940#C8D940

#C8D940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.171 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D940
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -24.55, 69.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 73.45, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0741 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.171 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5590, 62.2760, 14.2592)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D940 #5140D9

analogous

#D99E40 #C8D940 #7BD940

triadic

#C8D940 #40C8D9 #D940C8

tetradic

#C8D940 #40D99E #5140D9 #D9407B

square

#C8D940 #40D99E #5140D9 #D9407B

split-complementary

#C8D940 #407BD9 #9E40D9

monochromatic

#79841A #A7B724 #C8D940 #D7E373 #E5EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C8D940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#C8D940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D940

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D940	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.171 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce47f',
    500: '#c8d940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d940;
$custom-light: #dce47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84555,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D940

secondary

#3C328B

accent

#3EEA51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D940

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

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