#C8A83E#C8A83E

#C8A83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83E
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 0.23, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 56.83, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0044 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.128 92)
XYZ	xyz(38.6936, 40.6346, 10.3617)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83E #3E5EC8

analogous

#C8633E #C8A83E #A3C83E

triadic

#C8A83E #3EC8A8 #A83EC8

tetradic

#C8A83E #3EC863 #3E5EC8 #C83EA3

square

#C8A83E #3EC863 #3E5EC8 #C83EA3

split-complementary

#C8A83E #3EA3C8 #633EC8

monochromatic

#6D5B1F #9C822D #C8A83E #D6BD6E #E3D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83E	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc179',
    500: '#c8a83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83e;
$custom-light: #dcc179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.40632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83E

secondary

#92A1CF

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83E

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

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