#C8A334#C8A334

#C8A334 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A334
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 2.40, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 59.53, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0007 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.131 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5386, 38.7241, 8.7455)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A334 #3459C8

analogous

#C85934 #C8A334 #A3C834

triadic

#C8A334 #34C8A3 #A334C8

tetradic

#C8A334 #34C859 #3459C8 #C834A3

square

#C8A334 #34C859 #3459C8 #C834A3

split-complementary

#C8A334 #34A3C8 #5934C8

monochromatic

#67541B #977B27 #C8A334 #D6B963 #E3CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C8A334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C8A334 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A334

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A334	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)

#B6A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd73',
    500: '#c8a334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a334;
$custom-light: #ddbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A334

secondary

#8A9BCE

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A334

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

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