#C8CA62#C8CA62

#C8CA62 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	#C8CA62
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 51.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -14.86, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 53.15, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0434 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.128 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1456, 55.4033, 19.7633)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA62 #6462CA

analogous

#CA9862 #C8CA62 #94CA62

triadic

#C8CA62 #62C8CA #CA62C8

tetradic

#C8CA62 #62CA98 #6462CA #CA6294

square

#C8CA62 #62CA98 #6462CA #CA6294

split-complementary

#C8CA62 #6294CA #9862CA

monochromatic

#83852D #B0B33C #C8CA62 #D8D990 #E8E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C8CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#C8CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA62

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA62	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)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda91',
    500: '#c8ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca62;
$custom-light: #dbda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA62

secondary

#45448C

accent

#4FD951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA62

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

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