#C8D978#C8D978

#C8D978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.124 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D978
RGB	rgb(200, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(71, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -20.22, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 49.95, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0566 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.124 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0229, 63.2616, 27.2358)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D978 #8978D9

analogous

#D9B978 #C8D978 #97D978

triadic

#C8D978 #78C8D9 #D978C8

tetradic

#C8D978 #78D9B9 #8978D9 #D97897

square

#C8D978 #78D9B9 #8978D9 #D97897

split-complementary

#C8D978 #7897D9 #B978D9

monochromatic

#92A72F #B5CC48 #C8D978 #DBE6A8 #EFF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C8D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#C8D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D978

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D978	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.124 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae4a1',
    500: '#c8d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d978;
$custom-light: #dae4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.515,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85139,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D978

secondary

#5B4AAB

accent

#22C43E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D978

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

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