#C8A744#C8A744

#C8A744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A744
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 1.10, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 54.03, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0011 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.123 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6835, 40.3364, 11.2159)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A744 #4465C8

analogous

#C86544 #C8A744 #A7C844

triadic

#C8A744 #44C8A7 #A744C8

tetradic

#C8A744 #44C865 #4465C8 #C844A7

square

#C8A744 #44C865 #4465C8 #C844A7

split-complementary

#C8A744 #44A7C8 #6544C8

monochromatic

#715D21 #A0842F #C8A744 #D6BD73 #E4D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C8A744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A744

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A744	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07c',
    500: '#c8a744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a744;
$custom-light: #dcc07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A744

secondary

#97A6D1

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A744

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

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