#C8A62E#C8A62E

#C8A62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A62E
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 0.55, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 62.40, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0052 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.136 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9510, 39.7514, 8.2581)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A62E #2E50C8

analogous

#C8592E #C8A62E #9DC82E

triadic

#C8A62E #2EC8A6 #A62EC8

tetradic

#C8A62E #2EC859 #2E50C8 #C82E9D

square

#C8A62E #2EC859 #2E50C8 #C82E9D

split-complementary

#C8A62E #2E9DC8 #592EC8

monochromatic

#645317 #967D23 #C8A62E #D9BD5A #E5D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A62E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A62E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc070',
    500: '#c8a62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a62e;
$custom-light: #ddc070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A62E

secondary

#8394CF

accent

#66E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A62E

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

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