#C8CA2D#C8CA2D

#C8CA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.166 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA2D
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -18.05, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 73.67, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0576 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.166 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4153, 54.7112, 10.6501)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA2D #2F2DCA

analogous

#CA7D2D #C8CA2D #79CA2D

triadic

#C8CA2D #2DC8CA #CA2DC8

tetradic

#C8CA2D #2DCA7D #2F2DCA #CA2D79

square

#C8CA2D #2DCA7D #2F2DCA #CA2D79

split-complementary

#C8CA2D #2D79CA #7D2DCA

monochromatic

#656617 #969822 #C8CA2D #D9DA5A #E4E58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#C8CA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA2D

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA2D	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)

#DAC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.166 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd974',
    500: '#c8ca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca2d;
$custom-light: #ddd974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.764,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8117,
    "c": 0.16575,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA2D

secondary

#2C2B70

accent

#41E743

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA2D

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

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