#C8D965#C8D965

#C8D965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.142 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D965
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -22.03, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 58.68, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0634 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.142 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9820, 62.8452, 21.7540)
Luminance	0.6284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D965 #7665D9

analogous

#D9B065 #C8D965 #8ED965

triadic

#C8D965 #65C8D9 #D965C8

tetradic

#C8D965 #65D9B0 #7665D9 #D9658E

square

#C8D965 #65D9B0 #7665D9 #D9658E

split-complementary

#C8D965 #658ED9 #B065D9

monochromatic

#8C9D27 #B6CD34 #C8D965 #DAE596 #EBF1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8D965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#C8D965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D965

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D965	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.142 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe494',
    500: '#c8d965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d965;
$custom-light: #dbe494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.793,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D965

secondary

#4F41A1

accent

#1DC836

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D965

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

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