#C8A434#C8A434

#C8A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A434
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 1.87, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 59.77, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0008 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7169, 39.0806, 8.8049)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A434 #3458C8

analogous

#C85A34 #C8A434 #A2C834

triadic

#C8A434 #34C8A4 #A434C8

tetradic

#C8A434 #34C85A #3458C8 #C834A2

square

#C8A434 #34C85A #3458C8 #C834A2

split-complementary

#C8A434 #34A2C8 #5A34C8

monochromatic

#67541B #977C27 #C8A434 #D6BA63 #E3D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A434

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A434	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe73',
    500: '#c8a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a434;
$custom-light: #ddbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A434

secondary

#8A9ACE

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A434

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

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