#C8A846#C8A846

#C8A846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A846
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 0.69, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 53.43, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.002 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(38.9295, 40.7290, 11.6042)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A846 #4666C8

analogous

#C86746 #C8A846 #A7C846

triadic

#C8A846 #46C8A8 #A846C8

tetradic

#C8A846 #46C867 #4666C8 #C846A7

square

#C8A846 #46C867 #4666C8 #C846A7

split-complementary

#C8A846 #46A7C8 #6746C8

monochromatic

#725E22 #A18530 #C8A846 #D6BE75 #E4D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A846

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A846	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17e',
    500: '#c8a846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a846;
$custom-light: #dcc17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A846

secondary

#99A7D1

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A846

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

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