#C8A63A#C8A63A

#C8A63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A63A
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 1.08, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 57.93, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0024 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.129 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2214, 39.8596, 9.6827)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A63A #3A5CC8

analogous

#C85F3A #C8A63A #A3C83A

triadic

#C8A63A #3AC8A6 #A63AC8

tetradic

#C8A63A #3AC85F #3A5CC8 #C83AA3

square

#C8A63A #3AC85F #3A5CC8 #C83AA3

split-complementary

#C8A63A #3AA3C8 #5F3AC8

monochromatic

#6A581E #9A7F2B #C8A63A #D5BC6A #E3D19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A63A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A63A	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)

#B8A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc076',
    500: '#c8a63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a63a;
$custom-light: #ddc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A63A

secondary

#8F9ECE

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A63A

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

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