#C8DD5B#C8DD5B

#C8DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.156 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DD5B
RGB	rgb(200, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(70, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -24.76, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 64.86, 112.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0721 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.156 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5651, 64.7481, 19.6767)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DD5B #705BDD

analogous

#DDB15B #C8DD5B #87DD5B

triadic

#C8DD5B #5BC8DD #DD5BC8

tetradic

#C8DD5B #5BDDB1 #705BDD #DD5B87

square

#C8DD5B #5BDDB1 #705BDD #DD5B87

split-complementary

#C8DD5B #5B87DD #B15BDD

monochromatic

#899D21 #B5D02B #C8DD5B #D9E88E #EAF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C8DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#C8DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DD5B

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DD5B	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.156 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe78e',
    500: '#c8dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8dd5b;
$custom-light: #dbe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85658,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DD5B

secondary

#4C3BA1

accent

#18CE35

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DD5B

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

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