#C8A843#C8A843

#C8A843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A843
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 0.51, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 54.73, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0029 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.124 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8371, 40.6921, 11.1178)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A843 #4363C8

analogous

#C86643 #C8A843 #A6C843

triadic

#C8A843 #43C8A8 #A843C8

tetradic

#C8A843 #43C866 #4363C8 #C843A6

square

#C8A843 #43C866 #4363C8 #C843A6

split-complementary

#C8A843 #43A6C8 #6643C8

monochromatic

#705D21 #9F842F #C8A843 #D6BE72 #E4D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A843

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A843	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)

#BAA637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17c',
    500: '#c8a843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a843;
$custom-light: #dcc17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A843

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A843

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →