#C8A538#C8A538

#C8A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A538
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 1.52, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 58.47, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0014 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.13 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9905, 39.4775, 9.3595)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A538 #385BC8

analogous

#C85D38 #C8A538 #A3C838

triadic

#C8A538 #38C8A5 #A538C8

tetradic

#C8A538 #38C85D #385BC8 #C838A3

square

#C8A538 #38C85D #385BC8 #C838A3

split-complementary

#C8A538 #38A3C8 #5D38C8

monochromatic

#69561D #997E2A #C8A538 #D5BB68 #E3D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A538

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A538	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf75',
    500: '#c8a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a538;
$custom-light: #ddbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A538

secondary

#8E9DCE

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A538

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

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