#C8CA52#C8CA52

#C8CA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA52
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -16.11, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 60.26, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0486 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.142 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4643, 55.1308, 16.1747)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA52 #5452CA

analogous

#CA9052 #C8CA52 #8CCA52

triadic

#C8CA52 #52C8CA #CA52C8

tetradic

#C8CA52 #52CA90 #5452CA #CA528C

square

#C8CA52 #52CA90 #5452CA #CA528C

split-complementary

#C8CA52 #528CCA #9052CA

monochromatic

#7A7C26 #A9AB34 #C8CA52 #D7D881 #E6E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C8CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA52

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA52	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd987',
    500: '#c8ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca52;
$custom-light: #dbd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81441,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA52

secondary

#3E3C84

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA52

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

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