#C8A63E#C8A63E

#C8A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A63E
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 1.29, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 56.31, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0013 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.126 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3272, 39.9019, 10.2396)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A63E #3E60C8

analogous

#C8613E #C8A63E #A5C83E

triadic

#C8A63E #3EC8A6 #A63EC8

tetradic

#C8A63E #3EC861 #3E60C8 #C83EA5

square

#C8A63E #3EC861 #3E60C8 #C83EA5

split-complementary

#C8A63E #3EA5C8 #613EC8

monochromatic

#6D5A1F #9C812D #C8A63E #D6BC6E #E3D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C8A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C8A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A63E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A63E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc079',
    500: '#c8a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a63e;
$custom-light: #dcc079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A63E

secondary

#92A1CF

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A63E

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

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