#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
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -25.88, 69.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 74.01, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0776 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.173 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3972, 63.8598, 14.8245)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C8DC42	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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