#C8DE55#C8DE55

#C8DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.162 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8DE55
RGB	rgb(200, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -25.68, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 67.77, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0753 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.162 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5813, 65.1783, 18.4559)
Luminance	0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8DE55 #6B55DE

analogous

#DEAF55 #C8DE55 #83DE55

triadic

#C8DE55 #55C8DE #DE55C8

tetradic

#C8DE55 #55DEAF #6B55DE #DE5583

square

#C8DE55 #55DEAF #6B55DE #DE5583

split-complementary

#C8DE55 #5583DE #AF55DE

monochromatic

#879B1E #B3CE28 #C8DE55 #D9E888 #E9F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C8DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#C8DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8DE55

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8DE55	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.162 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce88b',
    500: '#c8de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8de55;
$custom-light: #dce88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85819,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8DE55

secondary

#49399E

accent

#16CF34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8DE55

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

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