#C8CA49#C8CA49

#C8CA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.149 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA49
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -16.69, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 63.98, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0513 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.149 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1440, 55.0027, 14.4879)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA49 #4B49CA

analogous

#CA8C49 #C8CA49 #88CA49

triadic

#C8CA49 #49C8CA #CA49C8

tetradic

#C8CA49 #49CA8C #4B49CA #CA4988

square

#C8CA49 #49CA8C #4B49CA #CA4988

split-complementary

#C8CA49 #4988CA #8C49CA

monochromatic

#757622 #A4A630 #C8CA49 #D6D878 #E5E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#C8CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA49

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA49	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)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd982',
    500: '#c8ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca49;
$custom-light: #dcd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81358,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA49

secondary

#39387F

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA49

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

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