#C8D962#C8D962

#C8D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D962
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -22.28, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 60.01, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0644 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.145 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8377, 62.7875, 20.9940)
Luminance	0.6279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D962 #7362D9

analogous

#D9AE62 #C8D962 #8DD962

triadic

#C8D962 #62C8D9 #D962C8

tetradic

#C8D962 #62D9AE #7362D9 #D9628D

square

#C8D962 #62D9AE #7362D9 #D9628D

split-complementary

#C8D962 #628DD9 #AE62D9

monochromatic

#8A9B26 #B6CC31 #C8D962 #D9E593 #EBF1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#C8D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D962

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D962	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe492',
    500: '#c8d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d962;
$custom-light: #dbe492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84858,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D962

secondary

#4E409F

accent

#1DC935

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D962

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

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