#C8A83D#C8A83D

#C8A83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83D
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 0.17, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 57.24, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0046 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6664, 40.6238, 10.2185)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83D #3D5DC8

analogous

#C8623D #C8A83D #A2C83D

triadic

#C8A83D #3DC8A8 #A83DC8

tetradic

#C8A83D #3DC862 #3D5DC8 #C83DA2

square

#C8A83D #3DC862 #3D5DC8 #C83DA2

split-complementary

#C8A83D #3DA2C8 #623DC8

monochromatic

#6C5A1F #9C822C #C8A83D #D6BD6D #E3D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C8A83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83D	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)

#BAA52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc178',
    500: '#c8a83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83d;
$custom-light: #dcc178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83D

secondary

#92A0CF

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83D

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

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