#C8A83C#C8A83C

#C8A83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83C
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 0.12, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 57.64, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0049 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.129 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6397, 40.6131, 10.0780)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83C #3C5CC8

analogous

#C8623C #C8A83C #A2C83C

triadic

#C8A83C #3CC8A8 #A83CC8

tetradic

#C8A83C #3CC862 #3C5CC8 #C83CA2

square

#C8A83C #3CC862 #3C5CC8 #C83CA2

split-complementary

#C8A83C #3CA2C8 #623CC8

monochromatic

#6B5A1E #9B822C #C8A83C #D5BD6C #E3D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83C

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83C	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)

#BAA52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc178',
    500: '#c8a83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83c;
$custom-light: #ddc178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83C

secondary

#919FCF

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83C

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

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