#C8CA45#C8CA45
#C8CA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.152 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C8CA45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 202, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 56%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 66%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.01, -16.93, 63.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.01, 65.55, 104.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.33% -0.0523 0.1424) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.33% 0.152 110.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0156, 54.9513, 13.8118) |
| Luminance | 0.5495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.27
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.37
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.38
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.43
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.53
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 5.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C8CA45 #4745CA
analogous
#CA8945 #C8CA45 #85CA45
triadic
#C8CA45 #45C8CA #CA45C8
tetradic
#C8CA45 #45CA89 #4745CA #CA4585
square
#C8CA45 #45CA89 #4745CA #CA4585
split-complementary
#C8CA45 #4585CA #8945CA
monochromatic
#727421 #A2A32F #C8CA45 #D6D875 #E4E5A4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#C8CA45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#C8CA45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C8CA45
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C8CA45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C8CA45 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C232
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC64E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6BEAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c8ca45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.152 110.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcd980',
500: '#c8ca45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c8ca45; $custom-light: #dcd980; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c8ca45",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 202,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.902,
"s": 55.649,
"l": 53.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81325,
"c": 0.1517,
"h": 110.2
},
"luminance": 0.5495
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C8CA45
secondary
#38377D
accent
#49DF4B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E