#C8CA4E#C8CA4E

#C8CA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA4E
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -16.38, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 61.94, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0498 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.145 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3165, 55.0717, 15.3963)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA4E #504ECA

analogous

#CA8E4E #C8CA4E #8ACA4E

triadic

#C8CA4E #4EC8CA #CA4EC8

tetradic

#C8CA4E #4ECA8E #504ECA #CA4E8A

square

#C8CA4E #4ECA8E #504ECA #CA4E8A

split-complementary

#C8CA4E #4E8ACA #8E4ECA

monochromatic

#787924 #A6A832 #C8CA4E #D7D87D #E5E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#C8CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA4E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA4E	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd985',
    500: '#c8ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca4e;
$custom-light: #dcd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA4E

secondary

#3C3B82

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA4E

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

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