#C8A73A#C8A73A

#C8A73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A73A
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 0.55, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 58.18, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0039 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.13 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4039, 40.2245, 9.7435)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A73A #3A5BC8

analogous

#C8603A #C8A73A #A2C83A

triadic

#C8A73A #3AC8A7 #A73AC8

tetradic

#C8A73A #3AC860 #3A5BC8 #C83AA2

square

#C8A73A #3AC860 #3A5BC8 #C83AA2

split-complementary

#C8A73A #3AA2C8 #603AC8

monochromatic

#6A581E #9A802B #C8A73A #D5BC6A #E3D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C8A73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A73A

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A73A	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)

#B9A52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc077',
    500: '#c8a73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a73a;
$custom-light: #ddc077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A73A

secondary

#8F9ECE

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A73A

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

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