#C8CA56#C8CA56

#C8CA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA56
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -15.82, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 58.54, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0474 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.138 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.6209, 55.1935, 16.9998)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA56 #5856CA

analogous

#CA9256 #C8CA56 #8ECA56

triadic

#C8CA56 #56C8CA #CA56C8

tetradic

#C8CA56 #56CA92 #5856CA #CA568E

square

#C8CA56 #56CA92 #5856CA #CA568E

split-complementary

#C8CA56 #568ECA #9256CA

monochromatic

#7D7E28 #ABAD36 #C8CA56 #D7D985 #E6E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C8CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA56

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA56	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8a',
    500: '#c8ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca56;
$custom-light: #dbda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81481,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.55192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA56

secondary

#3F3E86

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA56

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

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