#C8DD57#C8DD57

#C8DD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.159 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DD57
RGB	rgb(200, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -25.06, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 66.51, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0733 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.159 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3971, 64.6809, 18.7920)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DD57 #6C57DD

analogous

#DDAF57 #C8DD57 #85DD57

triadic

#C8DD57 #57C8DD #DD57C8

tetradic

#C8DD57 #57DDAF #6C57DD #DD5785

square

#C8DD57 #57DDAF #6C57DD #DD5785

split-complementary

#C8DD57 #5785DD #AF57DD

monochromatic

#879A1F #B4CD2A #C8DD57 #D9E78A #E9F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C8DD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#C8DD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DD57

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DD57	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.159 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe78c',
    500: '#c8dd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dd57;
$custom-light: #dbe78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85619,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DD57

secondary

#4A3A9E

accent

#17CE34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DD57

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

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