#C8A842#C8A842

#C8A842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A842
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 0.45, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 55.16, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0032 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8074, 40.6802, 10.9612)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A842 #4262C8

analogous

#C86542 #C8A842 #A5C842

triadic

#C8A842 #42C8A8 #A842C8

tetradic

#C8A842 #42C865 #4262C8 #C842A5

square

#C8A842 #42C865 #4262C8 #C842A5

split-complementary

#C8A842 #42A5C8 #6542C8

monochromatic

#6F5C20 #9F842E #C8A842 #D6BE71 #E4D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A842

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A842	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17b',
    500: '#c8a842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a842;
$custom-light: #dcc17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A842

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A842

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

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