#C8DE42#C8DE42

#C8DE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.175 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DE42
RGB	rgb(200, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -26.83, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 74.85, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0802 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.175 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9252, 64.9158, 15.0005)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DE42 #5842DE

analogous

#DEA642 #C8DE42 #7ADE42

triadic

#C8DE42 #42C8DE #DE42C8

tetradic

#C8DE42 #42DEA6 #5842DE #DE427A

square

#C8DE42 #42DEA6 #5842DE #DE427A

split-complementary

#C8DE42 #427ADE #A642DE

monochromatic

#7D8D19 #ABC122 #C8DE42 #D7E776 #E6F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C8DE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#C8DE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DE42

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DE42	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8de42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.175 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce880',
    500: '#c8de42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8de42;
$custom-light: #dce880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8de42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85667,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DE42

secondary

#3F3292

accent

#3BED54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DE42

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

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