#C8CA48#C8CA48

#C8CA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA48
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -16.76, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 64.38, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0515 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.15 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1111, 54.9895, 14.3147)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA48 #4A48CA

analogous

#CA8B48 #C8CA48 #87CA48

triadic

#C8CA48 #48C8CA #CA48C8

tetradic

#C8CA48 #48CA8B #4A48CA #CA4887

square

#C8CA48 #48CA8B #4A48CA #CA4887

split-complementary

#C8CA48 #4887CA #8B48CA

monochromatic

#747622 #A3A530 #C8CA48 #D6D877 #E5E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#C8CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA48

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA48	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd982',
    500: '#c8ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca48;
$custom-light: #dcd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8135,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA48

secondary

#39387E

accent

#49DE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA48

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

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