#C8A22D#C8A22D

#C8A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A22D
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 2.64, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 61.84, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0007 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.135 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2156, 38.3119, 7.9169)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A22D #2D53C8

analogous

#C8542D #C8A22D #A0C82D

triadic

#C8A22D #2DC8A2 #A22DC8

tetradic

#C8A22D #2DC854 #2D53C8 #C82DA0

square

#C8A22D #2DC854 #2D53C8 #C82DA0

split-complementary

#C8A22D #2DA0C8 #542DC8

monochromatic

#645117 #967A22 #C8A22D #DABA59 #E5CF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A22D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A22D	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd6f',
    500: '#c8a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a22d;
$custom-light: #ddbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.13476,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A22D

secondary

#8295CF

accent

#6AE641

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A22D

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

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