#C8A435#C8A435

#C8A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A435
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 1.91, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 59.39, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0006 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.131 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7396, 39.0897, 8.9248)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A435 #3559C8

analogous

#C85A35 #C8A435 #A3C835

triadic

#C8A435 #35C8A4 #A435C8

tetradic

#C8A435 #35C85A #3559C8 #C835A3

square

#C8A435 #35C85A #3559C8 #C835A3

split-complementary

#C8A435 #35A3C8 #5A35C8

monochromatic

#67551B #987C28 #C8A435 #D6BA64 #E3D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A435

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A435	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)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe74',
    500: '#c8a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a435;
$custom-light: #ddbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A435

secondary

#8B9BCE

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A435

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

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