#C8CA5A#C8CA5A

#C8CA5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.135 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA5A
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 55.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -15.52, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 56.78, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0461 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.135 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.7866, 55.2597, 17.8725)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA5A #5C5ACA

analogous

#CA945A #C8CA5A #90CA5A

triadic

#C8CA5A #5AC8CA #CA5AC8

tetradic

#C8CA5A #5ACA94 #5C5ACA #CA5A90

square

#C8CA5A #5ACA94 #5C5ACA #CA5A90

split-complementary

#C8CA5A #5A90CA #945ACA

monochromatic

#7F8029 #ADAF38 #C8CA5A #D7D988 #E7E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C8CA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA5A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA5A	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)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.135 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda8c',
    500: '#c8ca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca5a;
$custom-light: #dbda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.55259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA5A

secondary

#414088

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA5A

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

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