#C8A839#C8A839

#C8A839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A839
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -0.03, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 58.83, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0057 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.131 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5626, 40.5823, 9.6721)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A839 #3959C8

analogous

#C86039 #C8A839 #A1C839

triadic

#C8A839 #39C8A8 #A839C8

tetradic

#C8A839 #39C860 #3959C8 #C839A1

square

#C8A839 #39C860 #3959C8 #C839A1

split-complementary

#C8A839 #39A1C8 #6039C8

monochromatic

#69581D #99802B #C8A839 #D5BD69 #E3D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A839

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A839	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc176',
    500: '#c8a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a839;
$custom-light: #ddc176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A839

secondary

#8F9DCE

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A839

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

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