#C8CA53#C8CA53

#C8CA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA53
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -16.04, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 59.84, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0483 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.141 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5026, 55.1461, 16.3766)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA53 #5553CA

analogous

#CA9053 #C8CA53 #8CCA53

triadic

#C8CA53 #53C8CA #CA53C8

tetradic

#C8CA53 #53CA90 #5553CA #CA538C

square

#C8CA53 #53CA90 #5553CA #CA538C

split-complementary

#C8CA53 #538CCA #9053CA

monochromatic

#7B7C26 #A9AB35 #C8CA53 #D7D882 #E6E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C8CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C8CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA53

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA53	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)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd988',
    500: '#c8ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca53;
$custom-light: #dbd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81451,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA53

secondary

#3E3D84

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA53

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

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