#C8CA38#C8CA38

#C8CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA38
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -17.60, 68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 70.25, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0555 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.16 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6554, 54.8072, 11.9145)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA38 #3A38CA

analogous

#CA8338 #C8CA38 #7FCA38

triadic

#C8CA38 #38C8CA #CA38C8

tetradic

#C8CA38 #38CA83 #3A38CA #CA387F

square

#C8CA38 #38CA83 #3A38CA #CA387F

split-complementary

#C8CA38 #387FCA #8338CA

monochromatic

#6A6B1D #9A9B29 #C8CA38 #D5D768 #E3E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA38

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA38	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd979',
    500: '#c8ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca38;
$custom-light: #dcd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81232,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA38

secondary

#323175

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA38

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

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