#C8CA72#C8CA72

#C8CA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.111 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA72
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -13.37, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 45.54, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0376 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.111 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9780, 55.7363, 24.1471)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA72 #7472CA

analogous

#CAA072 #C8CA72 #9CCA72

triadic

#C8CA72 #72C8CA #CA72C8

tetradic

#C8CA72 #72CAA0 #7472CA #CA729C

square

#C8CA72 #72CAA0 #7472CA #CA729C

split-complementary

#C8CA72 #729CCA #A072CA

monochromatic

#8B8D35 #B7B946 #C8CA72 #D9DB9E #EBEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C8CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA72

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA72	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.111 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada9c',
    500: '#c8ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca72;
$custom-light: #dada9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81829,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA72

secondary

#4E4D94

accent

#2DB930

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA72

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

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