#C8D959#C8D959

#C8D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.153 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D959
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -22.99, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 63.87, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0673 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.153 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4364, 62.6270, 18.8805)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D959 #6A59D9

analogous

#D9AA59 #C8D959 #88D959

triadic

#C8D959 #59C8D9 #D959C8

tetradic

#C8D959 #59D9AA #6A59D9 #D95988

square

#C8D959 #59D9AA #6A59D9 #D95988

split-complementary

#C8D959 #5988D9 #AA59D9

monochromatic

#869522 #B3C72E #C8D959 #D8E48B #E9F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#C8D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D959

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D959	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.153 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe48d',
    500: '#c8d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d959;
$custom-light: #dbe48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.969,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84763,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D959

secondary

#493C9A

accent

#42E658

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D959

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

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