#C8DB59#C8DB59

#C8DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.155 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DB59
RGB	rgb(200, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -23.95, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 64.78, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.07 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.155 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9550, 63.6642, 19.0534)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DB59 #6C59DB

analogous

#DBAD59 #C8DB59 #87DB59

triadic

#C8DB59 #59C8DB #DB59C8

tetradic

#C8DB59 #59DBAD #6C59DB #DB5987

square

#C8DB59 #59DBAD #6C59DB #DB5987

split-complementary

#C8DB59 #5987DB #AD59DB

monochromatic

#879921 #B4CB2C #C8DB59 #D9E68B #E9F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C8DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#C8DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DB59

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DB59	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)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.155 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68d',
    500: '#c8db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8db59;
$custom-light: #dbe68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.852,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DB59

secondary

#4A3B9D

accent

#19CC33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DB59

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

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