#C8A737#C8A737

#C8A737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A737
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 0.40, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 59.36, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0047 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(38.3298, 40.1949, 9.3532)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A737 #3758C8

analogous

#C85F37 #C8A737 #A0C837

triadic

#C8A737 #37C8A7 #A737C8

tetradic

#C8A737 #37C85F #3758C8 #C837A0

square

#C8A737 #37C85F #3758C8 #C837A0

split-complementary

#C8A737 #37A0C8 #5F37C8

monochromatic

#68571D #987F2A #C8A737 #D5BC67 #E2D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A737

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A737	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc075',
    500: '#c8a737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a737;
$custom-light: #ddc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73823,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A737

secondary

#8D9CCE

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A737

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

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