#C8CA41#C8CA41

#C8CA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.154 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA41
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -17.15, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 67.06, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0534 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.154 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8956, 54.9033, 13.1798)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA41 #4341CA

analogous

#CA8841 #C8CA41 #83CA41

triadic

#C8CA41 #41C8CA #CA41C8

tetradic

#C8CA41 #41CA88 #4341CA #CA4183

square

#C8CA41 #41CA88 #4341CA #CA4183

split-complementary

#C8CA41 #4183CA #8841CA

monochromatic

#707120 #9FA12D #C8CA41 #D6D771 #E4E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C8CA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA41

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA41	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)

#DAC12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97e',
    500: '#c8ca41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca41;
$custom-light: #dcd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81294,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA41

secondary

#36357A

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA41

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

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