#C8DC56#C8DC56

#C8DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.159 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DC56
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -24.65, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 66.46, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0723 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.159 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0933, 64.1382, 18.4906)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DC56 #6A56DC

analogous

#DCAD56 #C8DC56 #85DC56

triadic

#C8DC56 #56C8DC #DC56C8

tetradic

#C8DC56 #56DCAD #6A56DC #DC5685

square

#C8DC56 #56DCAD #6A56DC #DC5685

split-complementary

#C8DC56 #5685DC #AD56DC

monochromatic

#869820 #B3CB2A #C8DC56 #D9E689 #E9F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#C8DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DC56

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DC56	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.159 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68b',
    500: '#c8dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dc56;
$custom-light: #dbe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8539,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DC56

secondary

#493A9C

accent

#3FE958

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DC56

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

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