#C8A83B#C8A83B

#C8A83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83B
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 0.07, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 58.04, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0052 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6135, 40.6026, 9.9401)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83B #3B5BC8

analogous

#C8613B #C8A83B #A1C83B

triadic

#C8A83B #3BC8A8 #A83BC8

tetradic

#C8A83B #3BC861 #3B5BC8 #C83BA1

square

#C8A83B #3BC861 #3B5BC8 #C83BA1

split-complementary

#C8A83B #3BA1C8 #613BC8

monochromatic

#6B591E #9A812B #C8A83B #D5BD6B #E3D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83B	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)

#BAA52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc177',
    500: '#c8a83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83b;
$custom-light: #ddc177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83B

secondary

#909ECF

accent

#6BDF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83B

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

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