#C8CA3B#C8CA3B

#C8CA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.158 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA3B
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.46, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 69.23, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0548 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.158 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7309, 54.8375, 12.3126)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA3B #3D3BCA

analogous

#CA843B #C8CA3B #80CA3B

triadic

#C8CA3B #3BC8CA #CA3BC8

tetradic

#C8CA3B #3BCA84 #3D3BCA #CA3B80

square

#C8CA3B #3BCA84 #3D3BCA #CA3B80

split-complementary

#C8CA3B #3B80CA #843BCA

monochromatic

#6C6D1E #9C9D2B #C8CA3B #D6D76B #E3E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C8CA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA3B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA3B	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.158 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97a',
    500: '#c8ca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca3b;
$custom-light: #dcd97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81252,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA3B

secondary

#343377

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA3B

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

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