#C8D942#C8D942

#C8D942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.170 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D942
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -24.44, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 72.76, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0736 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.17 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6169, 62.2992, 14.5644)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D942 #5342D9

analogous

#D99E42 #C8D942 #7CD942

triadic

#C8D942 #42C8D9 #D942C8

tetradic

#C8D942 #42D99E #5342D9 #D9427C

square

#C8D942 #42D99E #5342D9 #D9427C

split-complementary

#C8D942 #427CD9 #9E42D9

monochromatic

#7A861B #A8B925 #C8D942 #D7E375 #E6EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C8D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#C8D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D942

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D942	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)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.170 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce480',
    500: '#c8d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d942;
$custom-light: #dce480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.755,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84569,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D942

secondary

#3D338C

accent

#3EE952

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D942

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

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