#C8A836#C8A836

#C8A836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A836
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -0.17, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 59.99, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0064 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.133 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4900, 40.5532, 9.2895)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A836 #3656C8

analogous

#C85F36 #C8A836 #9FC836

triadic

#C8A836 #36C8A8 #A836C8

tetradic

#C8A836 #36C85F #3656C8 #C8369F

square

#C8A836 #36C85F #3656C8 #C8369F

split-complementary

#C8A836 #369FC8 #5F36C8

monochromatic

#68571C #988029 #C8A836 #D6BD66 #E3D296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A836

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A836	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc174',
    500: '#c8a836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a836;
$custom-light: #ddc174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A836

secondary

#8C9ACE

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A836

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

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