#C8DB56#C8DB56

#C8DB56 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	#C8DB56
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -24.17, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 66.01, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0709 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.158 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8316, 63.6149, 18.4034)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB56 #6956DB

analogous

#DBAB56 #C8DB56 #86DB56

triadic

#C8DB56 #56C8DB #DB56C8

tetradic

#C8DB56 #56DBAB #6956DB #DB5686

square

#C8DB56 #56DBAB #6956DB #DB5686

split-complementary

#C8DB56 #5686DB #AB56DB

monochromatic

#869720 #B2C92B #C8DB56 #D8E688 #E9F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#C8DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB56

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB56	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)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.158 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68b',
    500: '#c8db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db56;
$custom-light: #dbe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85171,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB56

secondary

#483A9B

accent

#40E858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB56

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

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