#C8DC42#C8DC42

#C8DC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.173 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C8DC42
RGBrgb(200, 220, 66)
HSLhsl(68, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(68, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(9.1%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(83.89, -25.88, 69.34)
CIE-LCHlch(83.89, 74.01, 110.47°)
OKLaboklab(85.23% -0.0776 0.1546)
OKLCHoklch(85.23% 0.173 116.7)
XYZxyz(50.3972, 63.8598, 14.8245)
Luminance0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C8DC42 #5642DC
analogous
#DCA342 #C8DC42 #7BDC42
triadic
#C8DC42 #42C8DC #DC42C8
tetradic
#C8DC42 #42DCA3 #5642DC #DC427B
square
#C8DC42 #42DCA3 #5642DC #DC427B
split-complementary
#C8DC42 #427BDC #A342DC
monochromatic
#7B8A1A #AABE23 #C8DC42 #D7E676 #E6EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52
#C8DC42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77
#C8DC42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DC42
13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C8DC42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C8DC421.001.5213.7713.77
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7721.001.001.00
##00000013.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD127
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D24E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D0BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c8dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.173 116.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce680',
    500: '#c8dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c8dc42;
$custom-light: #dce680;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c8dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85227,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C8DC42
secondary
#3F3290
accent
#3CEC53
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DC42

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#C8DC42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva