#C8DB51#C8DB51

#C8DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.162 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB51
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -24.51, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 68.02, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0724 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.162 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6372, 63.5371, 17.3793)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB51 #6451DB

analogous

#DBA951 #C8DB51 #83DB51

triadic

#C8DB51 #51C8DB #DB51C8

tetradic

#C8DB51 #51DBA9 #6451DB #DB5183

square

#C8DB51 #51DBA9 #6451DB #DB5183

split-complementary

#C8DB51 #5183DB #A951DB

monochromatic

#83931E #B0C629 #C8DB51 #D8E584 #E8F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#C8DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB51

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB51	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.162 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce688',
    500: '#c8db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db51;
$custom-light: #dce688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85125,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB51

secondary

#453898

accent

#3FE956

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB51

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

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