#C8A633#C8A633

#C8A633 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A633
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 0.75, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 60.62, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0041 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.134 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0553, 39.7931, 8.8077)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A633 #3355C8

analogous

#C85C33 #C8A633 #A0C833

triadic

#C8A633 #33C8A6 #A633C8

tetradic

#C8A633 #33C85C #3355C8 #C833A0

square

#C8A633 #33C85C #3355C8 #C833A0

split-complementary

#C8A633 #33A0C8 #5C33C8

monochromatic

#66551A #977E27 #C8A633 #D7BC61 #E3D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A633 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A633 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A633

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A633	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A633	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a633;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc073',
    500: '#c8a633',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a633;
$custom-light: #ddc073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a633",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A633

secondary

#8999CE

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A633

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

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