#C8A847#C8A847

#C8A847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A847
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 0.76, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 52.99, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0017 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.121 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9613, 40.7417, 11.7718)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A847 #4767C8

analogous

#C86747 #C8A847 #A8C847

triadic

#C8A847 #47C8A8 #A847C8

tetradic

#C8A847 #47C867 #4767C8 #C847A8

square

#C8A847 #47C867 #4767C8 #C847A8

split-complementary

#C8A847 #47A8C8 #6747C8

monochromatic

#725F22 #A28530 #C8A847 #D6BE76 #E4D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C8A847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A847

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A847	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)

#B9A63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17e',
    500: '#c8a847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a847;
$custom-light: #dcc17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A847

secondary

#9AA7D1

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A847

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

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