#C8CA4A#C8CA4A

#C8CA4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.148 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA4A
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -16.63, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 63.58, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.051 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.148 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1774, 55.0160, 14.6639)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA4A #4C4ACA

analogous

#CA8C4A #C8CA4A #88CA4A

triadic

#C8CA4A #4AC8CA #CA4AC8

tetradic

#C8CA4A #4ACA8C #4C4ACA #CA4A88

square

#C8CA4A #4ACA8C #4C4ACA #CA4A88

split-complementary

#C8CA4A #4A88CA #8C4ACA

monochromatic

#757723 #A4A631 #C8CA4A #D6D879 #E5E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#C8CA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA4A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA4A	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)

#D9C239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.148 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd983',
    500: '#c8ca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca4a;
$custom-light: #dcd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81367,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA4A

secondary

#3A397F

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA4A

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

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