#C8A330#C8A330

#C8A330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A330
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 2.23, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 61.00, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0002 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.134 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4523, 38.6895, 8.2909)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A330 #3055C8

analogous

#C85730 #C8A330 #A1C830

triadic

#C8A330 #30C8A3 #A330C8

tetradic

#C8A330 #30C857 #3055C8 #C830A1

square

#C8A330 #30C857 #3055C8 #C830A1

split-complementary

#C8A330 #30A1C8 #5730C8

monochromatic

#655318 #977B24 #C8A330 #D8BA5D #E4CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C8A330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A330

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A330	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd71',
    500: '#c8a330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a330;
$custom-light: #ddbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72955,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A330

secondary

#8597CE

accent

#6BE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A330

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

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