#C8A83F#C8A83F

#C8A83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A83F
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 0.28, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 56.41, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0041 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7213, 40.6457, 10.5076)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A83F #3F5FC8

analogous

#C8643F #C8A83F #A4C83F

triadic

#C8A83F #3FC8A8 #A83FC8

tetradic

#C8A83F #3FC864 #3F5FC8 #C83FA4

square

#C8A83F #3FC864 #3F5FC8 #C83FA4

split-complementary

#C8A83F #3FA4C8 #643FC8

monochromatic

#6D5B1F #9D832D #C8A83F #D6BE6F #E3D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A83F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A83F	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)

#BAA631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17a',
    500: '#c8a83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a83f;
$custom-light: #dcc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74094,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A83F

secondary

#93A1D0

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A83F

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

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