#C8D960#C8D960

#C8D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.147 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D960
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -22.44, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 60.88, 111.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0651 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.147 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7445, 62.7502, 20.5029)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D960 #7160D9

analogous

#D9AE60 #C8D960 #8CD960

triadic

#C8D960 #60C8D9 #D960C8

tetradic

#C8D960 #60D9AE #7160D9 #D9608C

square

#C8D960 #60D9AE #7160D9 #D9608C

split-complementary

#C8D960 #608CD9 #AE60D9

monochromatic

#899A25 #B6CB31 #C8D960 #D9E591 #EAF1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#C8D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D960

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D960	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.147 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe491',
    500: '#c8d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d960;
$custom-light: #dbe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.43,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D960

secondary

#4C3F9E

accent

#1CC935

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D960

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

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