#C8CA36#C8CA36

#C8CA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.161 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA36
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -17.69, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 70.92, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0559 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.161 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6074, 54.7881, 11.6620)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA36 #3836CA

analogous

#CA8236 #C8CA36 #7ECA36

triadic

#C8CA36 #36C8CA #CA36C8

tetradic

#C8CA36 #36CA82 #3836CA #CA367E

square

#C8CA36 #36CA82 #3836CA #CA367E

split-complementary

#C8CA36 #367ECA #8236CA

monochromatic

#696A1C #999A29 #C8CA36 #D5D766 #E3E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8CA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA36

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA36	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)

#DAC116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.161 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd978',
    500: '#c8ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca36;
$custom-light: #dcd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8122,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA36

secondary

#323174

accent

#46E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA36

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

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