#C8CA2E#C8CA2E

#C8CA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.165 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA2E
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -18.01, 71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 73.38, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0575 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.165 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4348, 54.7190, 10.7527)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA2E #302ECA

analogous

#CA7E2E #C8CA2E #7ACA2E

triadic

#C8CA2E #2EC8CA #CA2EC8

tetradic

#C8CA2E #2ECA7E #302ECA #CA2E7A

square

#C8CA2E #2ECA7E #302ECA #CA2E7A

split-complementary

#C8CA2E #2E7ACA #7E2ECA

monochromatic

#656617 #979823 #C8CA2E #D8DA5B #E4E58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#C8CA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA2E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA2E	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)

#DCC53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.165 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd974',
    500: '#c8ca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca2e;
$custom-light: #ddd974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81175,
    "c": 0.16528,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA2E

secondary

#2D2C70

accent

#42E644

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA2E

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

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