#C8A63C#C8A63C

#C8A63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A63C
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 1.19, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 57.12, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0018 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2733, 39.8803, 9.9559)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A63C #3C5EC8

analogous

#C8603C #C8A63C #A4C83C

triadic

#C8A63C #3CC8A6 #A63CC8

tetradic

#C8A63C #3CC860 #3C5EC8 #C83CA4

square

#C8A63C #3CC860 #3C5EC8 #C83CA4

split-complementary

#C8A63C #3CA4C8 #603CC8

monochromatic

#6B591E #9B802C #C8A63C #D5BC6C #E3D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A63C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A63C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc078',
    500: '#c8a63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a63c;
$custom-light: #ddc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A63C

secondary

#91A0CF

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A63C

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

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