#C8CA3D#C8CA3D

#C8CA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.157 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA3D
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -17.36, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 68.52, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0543 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.157 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7838, 54.8586, 12.5910)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA3D #3F3DCA

analogous

#CA863D #C8CA3D #82CA3D

triadic

#C8CA3D #3DC8CA #CA3DC8

tetradic

#C8CA3D #3DCA86 #3F3DCA #CA3D82

square

#C8CA3D #3DCA86 #3F3DCA #CA3D82

split-complementary

#C8CA3D #3D82CA #863DCA

monochromatic

#6D6E1E #9D9F2B #C8CA3D #D6D76D #E3E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C8CA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA3D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA3D	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)

#DAC125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.157 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97b',
    500: '#c8ca3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca3d;
$custom-light: #dcd97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA3D

secondary

#343378

accent

#47E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA3D

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

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