#C8A844#C8A844

#C8A844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A844
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 0.57, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 54.30, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0026 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.123 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8674, 40.7042, 11.2772)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A844 #4464C8

analogous

#C86644 #C8A844 #A6C844

triadic

#C8A844 #44C8A8 #A844C8

tetradic

#C8A844 #44C866 #4464C8 #C844A6

square

#C8A844 #44C866 #4464C8 #C844A6

split-complementary

#C8A844 #44A6C8 #6644C8

monochromatic

#715D21 #A0842F #C8A844 #D6BE73 #E4D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A844

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A844	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)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17c',
    500: '#c8a844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a844;
$custom-light: #dcc17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A844

secondary

#97A5D1

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A844

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

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