#C8A430#C8A430

#C8A430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A430
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 76%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 1.69, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 61.23, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0017 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.134 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6306, 39.0460, 8.3503)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A430 #3054C8

analogous

#C85830 #C8A430 #A0C830

triadic

#C8A430 #30C8A4 #A430C8

tetradic

#C8A430 #30C858 #3054C8 #C830A0

square

#C8A430 #30C858 #3054C8 #C830A0

split-complementary

#C8A430 #30A0C8 #5830C8

monochromatic

#655318 #977C24 #C8A430 #D8BB5D #E4D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A430

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A430	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe71',
    500: '#c8a430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a430;
$custom-light: #ddbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A430

secondary

#8597CE

accent

#6AE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A430

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

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