#C8A537#C8A537

#C8A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A537
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 1.47, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 58.86, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0016 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.131 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9663, 39.4678, 9.2320)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A537 #375AC8

analogous

#C85C37 #C8A537 #A3C837

triadic

#C8A537 #37C8A5 #A537C8

tetradic

#C8A537 #37C85C #375AC8 #C837A3

square

#C8A537 #37C85C #375AC8 #C837A3

split-complementary

#C8A537 #37A3C8 #5C37C8

monochromatic

#68561D #987D2A #C8A537 #D5BB67 #E2D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C8A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A537

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A537	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf75',
    500: '#c8a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a537;
$custom-light: #ddbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A537

secondary

#8D9DCE

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A537

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

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