#C8CA40#C8CA40

#C8CA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.155 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA40
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -17.21, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 67.44, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0536 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.155 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8669, 54.8918, 13.0285)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA40 #4240CA

analogous

#CA8740 #C8CA40 #83CA40

triadic

#C8CA40 #40C8CA #CA40C8

tetradic

#C8CA40 #40CA87 #4240CA #CA4083

square

#C8CA40 #40CA87 #4240CA #CA4083

split-complementary

#C8CA40 #4083CA #8740CA

monochromatic

#6F701F #9FA02C #C8CA40 #D6D770 #E4E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C8CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA40

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA40	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.155 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97d',
    500: '#c8ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca40;
$custom-light: #dcd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81287,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA40

secondary

#36357A

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA40

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

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