#C8A738#C8A738

#C8A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A738
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 0.45, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 58.97, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0044 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3540, 40.2046, 9.4807)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A738 #3859C8

analogous

#C85F38 #C8A738 #A1C838

triadic

#C8A738 #38C8A7 #A738C8

tetradic

#C8A738 #38C85F #3859C8 #C838A1

square

#C8A738 #38C85F #3859C8 #C838A1

split-complementary

#C8A738 #38A1C8 #5F38C8

monochromatic

#69571D #997F2A #C8A738 #D5BC68 #E3D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A738

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A738	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)

#B9A528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc075',
    500: '#c8a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a738;
$custom-light: #ddc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A738

secondary

#8E9CCE

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A738

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

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