#C8A530#C8A530

#C8A530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.135 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A530
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 76%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 1.16, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 61.46, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0033 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.135 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8102, 39.4054, 8.4102)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A530 #3053C8

analogous

#C85930 #C8A530 #9FC830

triadic

#C8A530 #30C8A5 #A530C8

tetradic

#C8A530 #30C859 #3053C8 #C8309F

square

#C8A530 #30C859 #3053C8 #C8309F

split-complementary

#C8A530 #309FC8 #5930C8

monochromatic

#655418 #977C24 #C8A530 #D8BC5D #E4D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A530

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A530	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf71',
    500: '#c8a530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a530;
$custom-light: #ddbf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A530

secondary

#8596CE

accent

#68E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A530

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

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