#C8A73D#C8A73D

#C8A73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A73D
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 0.71, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 56.97, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0031 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4825, 40.2560, 10.1572)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A73D #3D5EC8

analogous

#C8613D #C8A73D #A3C83D

triadic

#C8A73D #3DC8A7 #A73DC8

tetradic

#C8A73D #3DC861 #3D5EC8 #C83DA3

square

#C8A73D #3DC861 #3D5EC8 #C83DA3

split-complementary

#C8A73D #3DA3C8 #613DC8

monochromatic

#6C5A1F #9C812C #C8A73D #D6BD6D #E3D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A73D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A73D	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)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc078',
    500: '#c8a73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a73d;
$custom-light: #dcc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A73D

secondary

#92A0CF

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A73D

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

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