#C8A845#C8A845

#C8A845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A845
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 0.63, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 53.87, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0023 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.122 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8982, 40.7165, 11.4393)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A845 #4565C8

analogous

#C86745 #C8A845 #A6C845

triadic

#C8A845 #45C8A8 #A845C8

tetradic

#C8A845 #45C867 #4565C8 #C845A6

square

#C8A845 #45C867 #4565C8 #C845A6

split-complementary

#C8A845 #45A6C8 #6745C8

monochromatic

#715E21 #A0852F #C8A845 #D6BE74 #E4D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C8A845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A845

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A845	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)

#B9A639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17d',
    500: '#c8a845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a845;
$custom-light: #dcc17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74149,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A845

secondary

#98A6D1

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A845

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

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