#C8DA42#C8DA42

#C8DA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.171 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DA42
RGB	rgb(200, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -24.92, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 73.18, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0749 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.171 116)
XYZ	xyz(49.8754, 62.8162, 14.6505)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DA42 #5442DA

analogous

#DAA042 #C8DA42 #7CDA42

triadic

#C8DA42 #42C8DA #DA42C8

tetradic

#C8DA42 #42DAA0 #5442DA #DA427C

square

#C8DA42 #42DAA0 #5442DA #DA427C

split-complementary

#C8DA42 #427CDA #A042DA

monochromatic

#7A871A #A9BA24 #C8DA42 #D7E475 #E6EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C8DA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#C8DA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DA42

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DA42	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)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8da42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.171 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce580',
    500: '#c8da42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8da42;
$custom-light: #dce580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8da42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84788,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.62816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DA42

secondary

#3E338D

accent

#3EEA52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DA42

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

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