#C8A53B#C8A53B

#C8A53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A53B
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 1.67, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 57.28, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0006 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.128 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0661, 39.5077, 9.7576)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A53B #3B5EC8

analogous

#C85E3B #C8A53B #A5C83B

triadic

#C8A53B #3BC8A5 #A53BC8

tetradic

#C8A53B #3BC85E #3B5EC8 #C83BA5

square

#C8A53B #3BC85E #3B5EC8 #C83BA5

split-complementary

#C8A53B #3BA5C8 #5E3BC8

monochromatic

#6B581E #9A7F2B #C8A53B #D5BB6B #E3D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A53B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A53B	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)

#B7A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf77',
    500: '#c8a53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a53b;
$custom-light: #ddbf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A53B

secondary

#90A0CF

accent

#6EDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A53B

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

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