#C8A437#C8A437

#C8A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A437
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 2.01, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.62, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0001 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.13 90)
XYZ	xyz(37.7866, 39.1085, 9.1721)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A437 #375BC8

analogous

#C85B37 #C8A437 #A4C837

triadic

#C8A437 #37C8A4 #A437C8

tetradic

#C8A437 #37C85B #375BC8 #C837A4

square

#C8A437 #37C85B #375BC8 #C837A4

split-complementary

#C8A437 #37A4C8 #5B37C8

monochromatic

#68551D #987D2A #C8A437 #D5BA67 #E2D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A437

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A437	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)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe75',
    500: '#c8a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a437;
$custom-light: #ddbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73209,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A437

secondary

#8D9DCE

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A437

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

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