#C8A63B#C8A63B

#C8A63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A63B
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 1.14, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 57.53, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0021 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2471, 39.8698, 9.8179)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A63B #3B5DC8

analogous

#C85F3B #C8A63B #A3C83B

triadic

#C8A63B #3BC8A6 #A63BC8

tetradic

#C8A63B #3BC85F #3B5DC8 #C83BA3

square

#C8A63B #3BC85F #3B5DC8 #C83BA3

split-complementary

#C8A63B #3BA3C8 #5F3BC8

monochromatic

#6B581E #9A802B #C8A63B #D5BC6B #E3D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C8A63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A63B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A63B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc077',
    500: '#c8a63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a63b;
$custom-light: #ddc077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A63B

secondary

#909FCF

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A63B

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

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