#C8A32E#C8A32E

#C8A32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A32E
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 2.15, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 61.71, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0007 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.135 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4120, 38.6734, 8.0784)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A32E #2E53C8

analogous

#C8562E #C8A32E #A0C82E

triadic

#C8A32E #2EC8A3 #A32EC8

tetradic

#C8A32E #2EC856 #2E53C8 #C82EA0

square

#C8A32E #2EC856 #2E53C8 #C82EA0

split-complementary

#C8A32E #2EA0C8 #562EC8

monochromatic

#645217 #967A23 #C8A32E #D9BB5A #E5CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C8A32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A32E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A32E	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd70',
    500: '#c8a32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a32e;
$custom-light: #ddbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72942,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A32E

secondary

#8395CF

accent

#69E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A32E

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

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