#C8A73B#C8A73B

#C8A73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A73B
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 0.60, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 57.78, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0036 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.129 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4296, 40.2348, 9.8788)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A73B #3B5CC8

analogous

#C8603B #C8A73B #A3C83B

triadic

#C8A73B #3BC8A7 #A73BC8

tetradic

#C8A73B #3BC860 #3B5CC8 #C83BA3

square

#C8A73B #3BC860 #3B5CC8 #C83BA3

split-complementary

#C8A73B #3BA3C8 #603BC8

monochromatic

#6B591E #9A802B #C8A73B #D5BC6B #E3D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A73B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A73B	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc077',
    500: '#c8a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a73b;
$custom-light: #ddc077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A73B

secondary

#909FCF

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A73B

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

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