#c8d955

Color #c8d955

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 17.02 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c8d955

RGB

rgb(200, 217, 85)

HSL

hsl(67.7, 63.5%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.7, 60.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(83.21, -23.27, 61.25)

LCH

lch(83.21, 65.52, 110.8)

OKLCH

oklch(84.7%, 0.1561, 116.02)

HWB

hwb(67.7, 33.3%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6655d9

Analogous

#d9a855

#c8d955

#86d955

Triadic

#c8d955

#55c8d9

#d955c8

Split-complementary

#c8d955

#5586d9

#a855d9

Tetradic

#c8d955

#55d966

#6655d9

#d955c8

Square

#c8d955

#55d9a8

#6655d9

#d95586

Shades

Color #c8d955 mixed toward black.

#b9ce2e

#94a525

#6f7b1c

#4a5212

#252909

Tints

Color #c8d955 mixed toward white.

#d1df71

#dae68e

#e4ecaa

#edf2c6

#f6f9e3

Tones

Color #c8d955 mixed toward gray.

#c0ce60

#b8c36b

#b0b876

#a7ad81

#9fa28c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d086 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#cfcd8e · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#c9a0a5 · ΔE 41.5

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c8d955;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c8d955]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c8d955 (#c8d955) is rgb(200, 217, 85) in RGB.

No, #c8d955 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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