#C8DD55#C8DD55

#C8DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.161 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DD55
RGB	rgb(200, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -25.20, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 67.32, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0739 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.161 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3165, 64.6487, 18.3677)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DD55 #6A55DD

analogous

#DDAE55 #C8DD55 #84DD55

triadic

#C8DD55 #55C8DD #DD55C8

tetradic

#C8DD55 #55DDAE #6A55DD #DD5584

square

#C8DD55 #55DDAE #6A55DD #DD5584

split-complementary

#C8DD55 #5584DD #AE55DD

monochromatic

#86991F #B3CC29 #C8DD55 #D8E788 #E9F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C8DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C8DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DD55

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DD55	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.161 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe78b',
    500: '#c8dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dd55;
$custom-light: #dbe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.856,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DD55

secondary

#49399D

accent

#3EEA59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DD55

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

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