#C8D955#C8D955

#C8D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.156 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D955
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -23.27, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 65.52, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0685 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.156 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.2730, 62.5616, 18.0198)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D955 #6655D9

analogous

#D9A855 #C8D955 #86D955

triadic

#C8D955 #55C8D9 #D955C8

tetradic

#C8D955 #55D9A8 #6655D9 #D95586

square

#C8D955 #55D9A8 #6655D9 #D95586

split-complementary

#C8D955 #5586D9 #A855D9

monochromatic

#849321 #B1C52C #C8D955 #D8E487 #E8EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#C8D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D955

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D955	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.156 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48a',
    500: '#c8d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d955;
$custom-light: #dbe48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84724,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.62561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D955

secondary

#463A98

accent

#41E657

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D955

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

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