#C8CA29#C8CA29

#C8CA29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.168 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA29
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -18.19, 72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 74.77, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0583 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.168 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3419, 54.6818, 10.2636)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA29 #2B29CA

analogous

#CA7B29 #C8CA29 #78CA29

triadic

#C8CA29 #29C8CA #CA29C8

tetradic

#C8CA29 #29CA7B #2B29CA #CA2978

square

#C8CA29 #29CA7B #2B29CA #CA2978

split-complementary

#C8CA29 #2978CA #7B29CA

monochromatic

#636414 #96971F #C8CA29 #DBDC54 #E5E787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#C8CA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA29

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA29	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.168 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd972',
    500: '#c8ca29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca29;
$custom-light: #ddd972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.745,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA29

secondary

#29296F

accent

#3FE941

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA29

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

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