#C8CA33#C8CA33

#C8CA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.163 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA33
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 74.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -17.82, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 71.88, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0565 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.163 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5391, 54.7607, 11.3024)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA33 #3533CA

analogous

#CA8133 #C8CA33 #7CCA33

triadic

#C8CA33 #33C8CA #CA33C8

tetradic

#C8CA33 #33CA81 #3533CA #CA337C

square

#C8CA33 #33CA81 #3533CA #CA337C

split-complementary

#C8CA33 #337CCA #8133CA

monochromatic

#67681A #989927 #C8CA33 #D6D863 #E3E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C8CA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA33

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA33	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)

#DAC10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.163 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd977',
    500: '#c8ca33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca33;
$custom-light: #ddd977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81202,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA33

secondary

#302F72

accent

#45E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA33

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

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