#C8A83A#C8A83A

#C8A83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83A
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 0.02, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 58.44, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0054 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.13 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5878, 40.5923, 9.8048)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83A #3A5AC8

analogous

#C8613A #C8A83A #A1C83A

triadic

#C8A83A #3AC8A8 #A83AC8

tetradic

#C8A83A #3AC861 #3A5AC8 #C83AA1

square

#C8A83A #3AC861 #3A5AC8 #C83AA1

split-complementary

#C8A83A #3AA1C8 #613AC8

monochromatic

#6A591E #9A812B #C8A83A #D5BD6A #E3D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc177',
    500: '#c8a83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83a;
$custom-light: #ddc177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74052,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83A

secondary

#8F9ECE

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83A

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

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