#C8A636#C8A636

#C8A636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A636
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 0.89, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 59.49, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0034 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1236, 39.8204, 9.1674)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A636 #3658C8

analogous

#C85D36 #C8A636 #A1C836

triadic

#C8A636 #36C8A6 #A636C8

tetradic

#C8A636 #36C85D #3658C8 #C836A1

square

#C8A636 #36C85D #3658C8 #C836A1

split-complementary

#C8A636 #36A1C8 #5D36C8

monochromatic

#68561C #987E29 #C8A636 #D6BC66 #E3D196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C8A636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A636

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A636	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)

#B8A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc074',
    500: '#c8a636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a636;
$custom-light: #ddc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73611,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A636

secondary

#8C9BCE

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A636

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

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