#C8A73E#C8A73E

#C8A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A73E
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 0.76, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 56.56, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0028 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.127 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5097, 40.2668, 10.3004)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A73E #3E5FC8

analogous

#C8623E #C8A73E #A4C83E

triadic

#C8A73E #3EC8A7 #A73EC8

tetradic

#C8A73E #3EC862 #3E5FC8 #C83EA4

square

#C8A73E #3EC862 #3E5FC8 #C83EA4

split-complementary

#C8A73E #3EA4C8 #623EC8

monochromatic

#6D5A1F #9C822D #C8A73E #D6BD6E #E3D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C8A73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A73E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A73E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc079',
    500: '#c8a73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a73e;
$custom-light: #dcc079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A73E

secondary

#92A1CF

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A73E

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

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