#C8CA31#C8CA31

#C8CA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.164 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA31
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -17.90, 70.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 72.49, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0569 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.164 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4960, 54.7435, 11.0751)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA31 #3331CA

analogous

#CA8031 #C8CA31 #7CCA31

triadic

#C8CA31 #31C8CA #CA31C8

tetradic

#C8CA31 #31CA80 #3331CA #CA317C

square

#C8CA31 #31CA80 #3331CA #CA317C

split-complementary

#C8CA31 #317CCA #8031CA

monochromatic

#666719 #979925 #C8CA31 #D7D860 #E3E491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C8CA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA31

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA31	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.164 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd976',
    500: '#c8ca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca31;
$custom-light: #ddd976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.784,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA31

secondary

#2F2E72

accent

#44E446

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA31

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

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