#C8A739#C8A739

#C8A739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A739
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 0.50, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 58.58, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0042 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.13 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3787, 40.2145, 9.6108)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A739 #395AC8

analogous

#C85F39 #C8A739 #A1C839

triadic

#C8A739 #39C8A7 #A739C8

tetradic

#C8A739 #39C85F #395AC8 #C839A1

square

#C8A739 #39C85F #395AC8 #C839A1

split-complementary

#C8A739 #39A1C8 #5F39C8

monochromatic

#69581D #99802B #C8A739 #D5BC69 #E3D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A739

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A739	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)

#B9A529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc076',
    500: '#c8a739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a739;
$custom-light: #ddc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A739

secondary

#8F9DCE

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A739

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

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