#C8A741#C8A741

#C8A741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A741
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 0.93, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 55.31, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.002 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.125 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5943, 40.3007, 10.7460)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A741 #4162C8

analogous

#C86341 #C8A741 #A6C841

triadic

#C8A741 #41C8A7 #A741C8

tetradic

#C8A741 #41C863 #4162C8 #C841A6

square

#C8A741 #41C863 #4162C8 #C841A6

split-complementary

#C8A741 #41A6C8 #6341C8

monochromatic

#6F5B20 #9E832E #C8A741 #D6BD70 #E3D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A741

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A741	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)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07b',
    500: '#c8a741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a741;
$custom-light: #dcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A741

secondary

#95A3D0

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A741

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

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