#C8A22E#C8A22E

#C8A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A22E
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 2.68, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 61.49, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0009 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.134 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2351, 38.3197, 8.0195)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A22E #2E54C8

analogous

#C8552E #C8A22E #A1C82E

triadic

#C8A22E #2EC8A2 #A22EC8

tetradic

#C8A22E #2EC855 #2E54C8 #C82EA1

square

#C8A22E #2EC855 #2E54C8 #C82EA1

split-complementary

#C8A22E #2EA1C8 #552EC8

monochromatic

#645117 #967A23 #C8A22E #D9BA5A #E5CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A22E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A22E	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)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd70',
    500: '#c8a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a22e;
$custom-light: #ddbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A22E

secondary

#8396CF

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A22E

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

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