#C8CA39#C8CA39

#C8CA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA39
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -17.55, 67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 69.91, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0552 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6801, 54.8171, 12.0446)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA39 #3B39CA

analogous

#CA8439 #C8CA39 #7FCA39

triadic

#C8CA39 #39C8CA #CA39C8

tetradic

#C8CA39 #39CA84 #3B39CA #CA397F

square

#C8CA39 #39CA84 #3B39CA #CA397F

split-complementary

#C8CA39 #397FCA #8439CA

monochromatic

#6B6C1D #9A9C2A #C8CA39 #D5D769 #E3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C8CA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C8CA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA39

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA39	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)

#DAC11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd979',
    500: '#c8ca39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca39;
$custom-light: #dcd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81238,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA39

secondary

#333275

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA39

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

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