#C8A638#C8A638

#C8A638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A638
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 0.99, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 58.72, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0029 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.13 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1715, 39.8396, 9.4199)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A638 #385AC8

analogous

#C85E38 #C8A638 #A2C838

triadic

#C8A638 #38C8A6 #A638C8

tetradic

#C8A638 #38C85E #385AC8 #C838A2

square

#C8A638 #38C85E #385AC8 #C838A2

split-complementary

#C8A638 #38A2C8 #5E38C8

monochromatic

#69571D #997F2A #C8A638 #D5BB68 #E3D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A638

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A638	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc075',
    500: '#c8a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a638;
$custom-light: #ddc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73626,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A638

secondary

#8E9DCE

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A638

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

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