#C8A733#C8A733

#C8A733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A733
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 0.22, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 60.86, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0056 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.134 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2378, 40.1581, 8.8686)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A733 #3354C8

analogous

#C85C33 #C8A733 #9FC833

triadic

#C8A733 #33C8A7 #A733C8

tetradic

#C8A733 #33C85C #3354C8 #C8339F

square

#C8A733 #33C85C #3354C8 #C8339F

split-complementary

#C8A733 #339FC8 #5C33C8

monochromatic

#66561A #977E27 #C8A733 #D7BD61 #E3D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A733

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A733	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc073',
    500: '#c8a733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a733;
$custom-light: #ddc073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A733

secondary

#8998CE

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A733

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

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