#C8DC51#C8DC51

#C8DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.163 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DC51
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -24.99, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 68.46, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0737 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.163 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8989, 64.0604, 17.4665)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DC51 #6551DC

analogous

#DCAB51 #C8DC51 #83DC51

triadic

#C8DC51 #51C8DC #DC51C8

tetradic

#C8DC51 #51DCAB #6551DC #DC5183

square

#C8DC51 #51DCAB #6551DC #DC5183

split-complementary

#C8DC51 #5183DC #AB51DC

monochromatic

#84951E #B1C828 #C8DC51 #D8E684 #E8F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#C8DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DC51

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DC51	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.163 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce688',
    500: '#c8dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dc51;
$custom-light: #dce688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85345,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DC51

secondary

#463899

accent

#3EE957

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DC51

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

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