#C8DC57#C8DC57

#C8DC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.158 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DC57
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -24.58, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 66.06, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.072 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.158 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1339, 64.1544, 18.7043)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DC57 #6B57DC

analogous

#DCAE57 #C8DC57 #85DC57

triadic

#C8DC57 #57C8DC #DC57C8

tetradic

#C8DC57 #57DCAE #6B57DC #DC5785

square

#C8DC57 #57DCAE #6B57DC #DC5785

split-complementary

#C8DC57 #5785DC #AE57DC

monochromatic

#879920 #B3CB2A #C8DC57 #D9E78A #E9F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8DC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#C8DC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DC57

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DC57	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)

#EAD147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.158 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68c',
    500: '#c8dc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dc57;
$custom-light: #dbe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.854,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DC57

secondary

#493A9D

accent

#18CD33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DC57

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

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