#C8A841#C8A841

#C8A841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A841
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 0.40, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 55.58, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0035 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.125 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7782, 40.6685, 10.8073)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A841 #4161C8

analogous

#C86541 #C8A841 #A4C841

triadic

#C8A841 #41C8A8 #A841C8

tetradic

#C8A841 #41C865 #4161C8 #C841A4

square

#C8A841 #41C865 #4161C8 #C841A4

split-complementary

#C8A841 #41A4C8 #6541C8

monochromatic

#6F5C20 #9E832E #C8A841 #D6BE70 #E3D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C8A841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A841

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A841	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17b',
    500: '#c8a841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a841;
$custom-light: #dcc17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74112,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A841

secondary

#95A3D0

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A841

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

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