#C8CA73#C8CA73

#C8CA73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.110 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA73
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -13.27, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 45.05, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0373 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.11 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0352, 55.7592, 24.4485)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA73 #7573CA

analogous

#CAA073 #C8CA73 #9DCA73

triadic

#C8CA73 #73C8CA #CA73C8

tetradic

#C8CA73 #73CAA0 #7573CA #CA739D

square

#C8CA73 #73CAA0 #7573CA #CA739D

split-complementary

#C8CA73 #739DCA #A073CA

monochromatic

#8B8D35 #B7B947 #C8CA73 #D9DB9F #EBECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C8CA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA73

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA73	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)

#D6C36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.110 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada9d',
    500: '#c8ca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca73;
$custom-light: #dada9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81844,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA73

secondary

#4F4D94

accent

#2DB830

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA73

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

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