#C8DC59#C8DC59

#C8DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.156 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DC59
RGB	rgb(200, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -24.43, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 65.23, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0714 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.156 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2167, 64.1876, 19.1406)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DC59 #6D59DC

analogous

#DCAE59 #C8DC59 #86DC59

triadic

#C8DC59 #59C8DC #DC59C8

tetradic

#C8DC59 #59DCAE #6D59DC #DC5986

square

#C8DC59 #59DCAE #6D59DC #DC5986

split-complementary

#C8DC59 #5986DC #AE59DC

monochromatic

#889A20 #B4CD2B #C8DC59 #D9E78C #E9F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C8DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#C8DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DC59

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DC59	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.156 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe68d',
    500: '#c8dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dc59;
$custom-light: #dbe68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.16,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85419,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DC59

secondary

#4A3B9E

accent

#18CD34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DC59

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

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