#C8CA50#C8CA50

#C8CA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA50
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -16.24, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 61.11, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0492 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.143 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3893, 55.1008, 15.7797)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA50 #5250CA

analogous

#CA8F50 #C8CA50 #8BCA50

triadic

#C8CA50 #50C8CA #CA50C8

tetradic

#C8CA50 #50CA8F #5250CA #CA508B

square

#C8CA50 #50CA8F #5250CA #CA508B

split-complementary

#C8CA50 #508BCA #8F50CA

monochromatic

#797A25 #A8A933 #C8CA50 #D7D87F #E6E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C8CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA50

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA50	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd986',
    500: '#c8ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca50;
$custom-light: #dbd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA50

secondary

#3D3B83

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA50

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

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