#C8DD56#C8DD56

#C8DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.160 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DD56
RGB	rgb(200, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -25.13, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 66.92, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0736 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.16 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3565, 64.6647, 18.5784)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DD56 #6B56DD

analogous

#DDAE56 #C8DD56 #85DD56

triadic

#C8DD56 #56C8DD #DD56C8

tetradic

#C8DD56 #56DDAE #6B56DD #DD5685

square

#C8DD56 #56DDAE #6B56DD #DD5685

split-complementary

#C8DD56 #5685DD #AE56DD

monochromatic

#879A1F #B3CD29 #C8DD56 #D9E789 #E9F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C8DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C8DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DD56

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DD56	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.160 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe78b',
    500: '#c8dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dd56;
$custom-light: #dbe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85609,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DD56

secondary

#493A9E

accent

#17CE34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DD56

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

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