#C8A740#C8A740

#C8A740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A740
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 0.87, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 55.73, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0023 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(38.5656, 40.2892, 10.5948)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A740 #4061C8

analogous

#C86340 #C8A740 #A5C840

triadic

#C8A740 #40C8A7 #A740C8

tetradic

#C8A740 #40C863 #4061C8 #C840A5

square

#C8A740 #40C863 #4061C8 #C840A5

split-complementary

#C8A740 #40A5C8 #6340C8

monochromatic

#6E5B20 #9D822D #C8A740 #D6BD70 #E3D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A740

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A740	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07a',
    500: '#c8a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a740;
$custom-light: #dcc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73898,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A740

secondary

#94A3D0

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A740

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

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