#C8A539#C8A539

#C8A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A539
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 1.57, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 58.08, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0011 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.129 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0152, 39.4873, 9.4896)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A539 #395CC8

analogous

#C85E39 #C8A539 #A3C839

triadic

#C8A539 #39C8A5 #A539C8

tetradic

#C8A539 #39C85E #395CC8 #C839A3

square

#C8A539 #39C85E #395CC8 #C839A3

split-complementary

#C8A539 #39A3C8 #5E39C8

monochromatic

#69571D #997E2B #C8A539 #D5BB69 #E3D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A539

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A539	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)

#B7A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf76',
    500: '#c8a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a539;
$custom-light: #ddbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A539

secondary

#8F9ECE

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A539

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

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