#C8A22F#C8A22F

#C8A22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A22F
RGB	rgb(200, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 2.72, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 61.14, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0011 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.134 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2551, 38.3277, 8.1245)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A22F #2F55C8

analogous

#C8552F #C8A22F #A1C82F

triadic

#C8A22F #2FC8A2 #A22FC8

tetradic

#C8A22F #2FC855 #2F55C8 #C82FA1

square

#C8A22F #2FC855 #2F55C8 #C82FA1

split-complementary

#C8A22F #2FA1C8 #552FC8

monochromatic

#655218 #967A23 #C8A22F #D9BA5C #E4CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C8A22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C8A22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A22F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A22F	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)

#B5A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd70',
    500: '#c8a22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a22f;
$custom-light: #ddbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A22F

secondary

#8497CF

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A22F

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

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