#C8DB4E#C8DB4E

#C8DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.164 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB4E
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -24.71, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 69.19, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0732 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.164 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5272, 63.4931, 16.7999)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB4E #614EDB

analogous

#DBA74E #C8DB4E #81DB4E

triadic

#C8DB4E #4EC8DB #DB4EC8

tetradic

#C8DB4E #4EDBA7 #614EDB #DB4E81

square

#C8DB4E #4EDBA7 #614EDB #DB4E81

split-complementary

#C8DB4E #4E81DB #A74EDB

monochromatic

#82911E #AFC428 #C8DB4E #D8E581 #E8F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#C8DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB4E

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB4E	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.164 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce686',
    500: '#c8db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db4e;
$custom-light: #dce686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.085,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.851,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB4E

secondary

#443796

accent

#3FE956

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB4E

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

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