#C8CA61#C8CA61

#C8CA61 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA61
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -14.95, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 53.61, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0438 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.128 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0987, 55.3846, 19.5162)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA61 #6361CA

analogous

#CA9761 #C8CA61 #93CA61

triadic

#C8CA61 #61C8CA #CA61C8

tetradic

#C8CA61 #61CA97 #6361CA #CA6193

square

#C8CA61 #61CA97 #6361CA #CA6193

split-complementary

#C8CA61 #6193CA #9761CA

monochromatic

#83842C #B0B23C #C8CA61 #D8D98F #E8E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C8CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA61

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA61	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda91',
    500: '#c8ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca61;
$custom-light: #dbda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81604,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA61

secondary

#45448C

accent

#4FD951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA61

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

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