#C8CA59#C8CA59

#C8CA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA59
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -15.59, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 57.22, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0464 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.136 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.7443, 55.2428, 17.6498)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA59 #5B59CA

analogous

#CA9459 #C8CA59 #90CA59

triadic

#C8CA59 #59C8CA #CA59C8

tetradic

#C8CA59 #59CA94 #5B59CA #CA5990

square

#C8CA59 #59CA94 #5B59CA #CA5990

split-complementary

#C8CA59 #5990CA #9459CA

monochromatic

#7E8029 #ACAE38 #C8CA59 #D7D987 #E7E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C8CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA59

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA59	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8c',
    500: '#c8ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca59;
$custom-light: #dbda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.55242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA59

secondary

#414088

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA59

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

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