#C8DB42#C8DB42

#C8DB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.172 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB42
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -25.40, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 73.59, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0763 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.172 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1355, 63.3364, 14.7372)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB42 #5542DB

analogous

#DBA142 #C8DB42 #7BDB42

triadic

#C8DB42 #42C8DB #DB42C8

tetradic

#C8DB42 #42DBA1 #5542DB #DB427B

square

#C8DB42 #42DBA1 #5542DB #DB427B

split-complementary

#C8DB42 #427BDB #A142DB

monochromatic

#7B891A #A9BC24 #C8DB42 #D7E575 #E6EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C8DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#C8DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB42

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB42	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.172 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce680',
    500: '#c8db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db42;
$custom-light: #dce680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.451,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85008,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB42

secondary

#3E338F

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB42

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

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