#C8A840#C8A840

#C8A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.126 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A840
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 0.34, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 56.00, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0038 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.126 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7495, 40.6570, 10.6561)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A840 #4060C8

analogous

#C86440 #C8A840 #A4C840

triadic

#C8A840 #40C8A8 #A840C8

tetradic

#C8A840 #40C864 #4060C8 #C840A4

square

#C8A840 #40C864 #4060C8 #C840A4

split-complementary

#C8A840 #40A4C8 #6440C8

monochromatic

#6E5C20 #9D832D #C8A840 #D6BE70 #E3D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A840

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A840	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)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.126 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17a',
    500: '#c8a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a840;
$custom-light: #dcc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74103,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A840

secondary

#94A2D0

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A840

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

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