#C8DB55#C8DB55

#C8DB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.158 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB55
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -24.24, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 66.42, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0712 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.158 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7916, 63.5989, 18.1927)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB55 #6855DB

analogous

#DBAB55 #C8DB55 #85DB55

triadic

#C8DB55 #55C8DB #DB55C8

tetradic

#C8DB55 #55DBAB #6855DB #DB5585

square

#C8DB55 #55DBAB #6855DB #DB5585

split-complementary

#C8DB55 #5585DB #AB55DB

monochromatic

#859620 #B2C82A #C8DB55 #D8E688 #E9F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#C8DB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB55

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB55	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.158 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68a',
    500: '#c8db55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db55;
$custom-light: #dbe68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85162,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB55

secondary

#473A9A

accent

#40E858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB55

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

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