#C8A73C#C8A73C

#C8A73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A73C
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 0.65, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 57.38, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0034 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.128 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4558, 40.2453, 10.0167)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A73C #3C5DC8

analogous

#C8613C #C8A73C #A3C83C

triadic

#C8A73C #3CC8A7 #A73CC8

tetradic

#C8A73C #3CC861 #3C5DC8 #C83CA3

square

#C8A73C #3CC861 #3C5DC8 #C83CA3

split-complementary

#C8A73C #3CA3C8 #613CC8

monochromatic

#6B591E #9B812C #C8A73C #D5BD6C #E3D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A73C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A73C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc078',
    500: '#c8a73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a73c;
$custom-light: #ddc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A73C

secondary

#91A0CF

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A73C

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

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