#C8CA74#C8CA74

#C8CA74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.109 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA74
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -13.16, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 44.56, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0369 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.109 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0931, 55.7823, 24.7532)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA74 #7674CA

analogous

#CAA174 #C8CA74 #9DCA74

triadic

#C8CA74 #74C8CA #CA74C8

tetradic

#C8CA74 #74CAA1 #7674CA #CA749D

square

#C8CA74 #74CAA1 #7674CA #CA749D

split-complementary

#C8CA74 #749DCA #A174CA

monochromatic

#8C8E36 #B6B948 #C8CA74 #DADBA0 #EBECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C8CA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C8CA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA74

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA74	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.109 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada9d',
    500: '#c8ca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca74;
$custom-light: #dada9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA74

secondary

#4F4E95

accent

#2EB831

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA74

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

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