#C8CA42#C8CA42

#C8CA42 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	#C8CA42
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -17.10, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 66.69, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0531 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.154 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9248, 54.9150, 13.3337)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA42 #4442CA

analogous

#CA8842 #C8CA42 #84CA42

triadic

#C8CA42 #42C8CA #CA42C8

tetradic

#C8CA42 #42CA88 #4442CA #CA4284

square

#C8CA42 #42CA88 #4442CA #CA4284

split-complementary

#C8CA42 #4284CA #8842CA

monochromatic

#717220 #A0A22D #C8CA42 #D6D772 #E4E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C8CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA42

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA42	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)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd97e',
    500: '#c8ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca42;
$custom-light: #dcd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81302,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA42

secondary

#36357B

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA42

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

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