#C8CA51#C8CA51

#C8CA51 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	#C8CA51
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -16.17, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 60.69, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0489 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.143 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4265, 55.1157, 15.9758)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA51 #5351CA

analogous

#CA9051 #C8CA51 #8BCA51

triadic

#C8CA51 #51C8CA #CA51C8

tetradic

#C8CA51 #51CA90 #5351CA #CA518B

square

#C8CA51 #51CA90 #5351CA #CA518B

split-complementary

#C8CA51 #518BCA #9051CA

monochromatic

#7A7B25 #A8AA34 #C8CA51 #D7D880 #E6E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C8CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA51

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA51	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)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd987',
    500: '#c8ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca51;
$custom-light: #dbd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA51

secondary

#3D3C83

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA51

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

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