#C8DD59#C8DD59

#C8DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.158 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DD59
RGB	rgb(200, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -24.91, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 65.69, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0727 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.158 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4799, 64.7140, 19.2283)
Luminance	0.6471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DD59 #6E59DD

analogous

#DDB059 #C8DD59 #86DD59

triadic

#C8DD59 #59C8DD #DD59C8

tetradic

#C8DD59 #59DDB0 #6E59DD #DD5986

square

#C8DD59 #59DDB0 #6E59DD #DD5986

split-complementary

#C8DD59 #5986DD #B059DD

monochromatic

#889C20 #B4CF2A #C8DD59 #D9E78C #EAF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C8DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#C8DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DD59

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DD59	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)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.158 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe78d',
    500: '#c8dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dd59;
$custom-light: #dbe78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85638,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DD59

secondary

#4B3BA0

accent

#18CE35

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DD59

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

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