#C8A63D#C8A63D

#C8A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A63D
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 1.24, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 56.72, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0016 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.127 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3000, 39.8910, 10.0964)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A63D #3D5FC8

analogous

#C8603D #C8A63D #A4C83D

triadic

#C8A63D #3DC8A6 #A63DC8

tetradic

#C8A63D #3DC860 #3D5FC8 #C83DA4

square

#C8A63D #3DC860 #3D5FC8 #C83DA4

split-complementary

#C8A63D #3DA4C8 #603DC8

monochromatic

#6C591F #9C802C #C8A63D #D6BC6D #E3D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A63D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A63D	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)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc078',
    500: '#c8a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a63d;
$custom-light: #ddc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A63D

secondary

#92A1CF

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A63D

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

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