#C8CA35#C8CA35

#C8CA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.162 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA35
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -17.73, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 71.24, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0561 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.162 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5842, 54.7788, 11.5396)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA35 #3735CA

analogous

#CA8135 #C8CA35 #7ECA35

triadic

#C8CA35 #35C8CA #CA35C8

tetradic

#C8CA35 #35CA81 #3735CA #CA357E

square

#C8CA35 #35CA81 #3735CA #CA357E

split-complementary

#C8CA35 #357ECA #8135CA

monochromatic

#68691C #989A28 #C8CA35 #D5D765 #E2E396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8CA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA35

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA35	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.162 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd978',
    500: '#c8ca35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca35;
$custom-light: #dcd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81214,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA35

secondary

#313073

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA35

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

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