#C8CA57#C8CA57

#C8CA57 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	#C8CA57
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -15.74, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 58.10, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0471 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.138 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.6615, 55.2097, 17.2135)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA57 #5957CA

analogous

#CA9257 #C8CA57 #8FCA57

triadic

#C8CA57 #57C8CA #CA57C8

tetradic

#C8CA57 #57CA92 #5957CA #CA578F

square

#C8CA57 #57CA92 #5957CA #CA578F

split-complementary

#C8CA57 #578FCA #9257CA

monochromatic

#7D7F28 #ABAD37 #C8CA57 #D7D986 #E6E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C8CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA57

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA57	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8a',
    500: '#c8ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca57;
$custom-light: #dbda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81491,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.55209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA57

secondary

#403F87

accent

#4CDB4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA57

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

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