#C8A438#C8A438

#C8A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A438
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 2.05, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 58.23, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0002 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.129 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8108, 39.1181, 9.2996)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A438 #385CC8

analogous

#C85C38 #C8A438 #A4C838

triadic

#C8A438 #38C8A4 #A438C8

tetradic

#C8A438 #38C85C #385CC8 #C838A4

square

#C8A438 #38C85C #385CC8 #C838A4

split-complementary

#C8A438 #38A4C8 #5C38C8

monochromatic

#69561D #997D2A #C8A438 #D5BA68 #E3D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C8A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A438

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A438	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe75',
    500: '#c8a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a438;
$custom-light: #ddbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A438

secondary

#8E9ECE

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A438

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

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