#C8DB57#C8DB57

#C8DB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.157 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB57
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -24.10, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 65.60, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0706 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.157 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8722, 63.6311, 18.6171)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB57 #6A57DB

analogous

#DBAC57 #C8DB57 #86DB57

triadic

#C8DB57 #57C8DB #DB57C8

tetradic

#C8DB57 #57DBAC #6A57DB #DB5786

square

#C8DB57 #57DBAC #6A57DB #DB5786

split-complementary

#C8DB57 #5786DB #AC57DB

monochromatic

#869720 #B3CA2B #C8DB57 #D9E689 #E9F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#C8DB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB57

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB57	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.157 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68c',
    500: '#c8db57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db57;
$custom-light: #dbe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85181,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB57

secondary

#493B9C

accent

#40E858

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB57

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

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