#C8CA3E#C8CA3E

#C8CA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.156 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA3E
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -17.31, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 68.16, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0541 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.156 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8110, 54.8695, 12.7342)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA3E #403ECA

analogous

#CA863E #C8CA3E #82CA3E

triadic

#C8CA3E #3EC8CA #CA3EC8

tetradic

#C8CA3E #3ECA86 #403ECA #CA3E82

square

#C8CA3E #3ECA86 #403ECA #CA3E82

split-complementary

#C8CA3E #3E82CA #863ECA

monochromatic

#6E6F1F #9D9F2C #C8CA3E #D6D76E #E3E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C8CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA3E

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA3E	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)

#DAC127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.156 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97c',
    500: '#c8ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca3e;
$custom-light: #dcd97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA3E

secondary

#353478

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA3E

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

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