#C8D956#C8D956

#C8D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.155 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D956
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -23.20, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 65.11, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0682 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.155 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3130, 62.5776, 18.2305)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D956 #6756D9

analogous

#D9A856 #C8D956 #87D956

triadic

#C8D956 #56C8D9 #D956C8

tetradic

#C8D956 #56D9A8 #6756D9 #D95687

square

#C8D956 #56D9A8 #6756D9 #D95687

split-complementary

#C8D956 #5687D9 #A856D9

monochromatic

#859321 #B2C52C #C8D956 #D8E488 #E9EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#C8D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D956

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D956	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.155 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48b',
    500: '#c8d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d956;
$custom-light: #dbe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.786,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84734,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D956

secondary

#473B98

accent

#41E657

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D956

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

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