#C8A53C#C8A53C

#C8A53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A53C
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 1.72, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 56.87, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0003 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.127 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0922, 39.5182, 9.8955)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A53C #3C5FC8

analogous

#C85F3C #C8A53C #A5C83C

triadic

#C8A53C #3CC8A5 #A53CC8

tetradic

#C8A53C #3CC85F #3C5FC8 #C83CA5

square

#C8A53C #3CC85F #3C5FC8 #C83CA5

split-complementary

#C8A53C #3CA5C8 #5F3CC8

monochromatic

#6B581E #9B7F2C #C8A53C #D5BB6C #E3D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C8A53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A53C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A53C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf78',
    500: '#c8a53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a53c;
$custom-light: #ddbf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A53C

secondary

#91A0CF

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A53C

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

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