#C8A837#C8A837

#C8A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A837
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -0.13, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 59.61, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0062 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.132 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5137, 40.5627, 9.4145)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A837 #3757C8

analogous

#C86037 #C8A837 #9FC837

triadic

#C8A837 #37C8A8 #A837C8

tetradic

#C8A837 #37C860 #3757C8 #C8379F

square

#C8A837 #37C860 #3757C8 #C8379F

split-complementary

#C8A837 #379FC8 #6037C8

monochromatic

#68571D #98802A #C8A837 #D5BD67 #E2D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C8A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A837

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A837	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc175',
    500: '#c8a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a837;
$custom-light: #ddc175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A837

secondary

#8D9BCE

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A837

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

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