#C8CA79#C8CA79

#C8CA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.104 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8CA79
RGB	rgb(200, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -12.63, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 42.10, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0349 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.104 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3918, 55.9018, 26.3264)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8CA79 #7B79CA

analogous

#CAA379 #C8CA79 #9FCA79

triadic

#C8CA79 #79C8CA #CA79C8

tetradic

#C8CA79 #79CAA3 #7B79CA #CA799F

square

#C8CA79 #79CAA3 #7B79CA #CA799F

split-complementary

#C8CA79 #799FCA #A379CA

monochromatic

#8E9039 #B6B94D #C8CA79 #DADBA5 #ECEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C8CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C8CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8CA79

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8CA79	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.104 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadaa1',
    500: '#c8ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ca79;
$custom-light: #dadaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81935,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8CA79

secondary

#525197

accent

#2FB632

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8CA79

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

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