#C8A848#C8A848

#C8A848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A848
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 0.82, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 52.55, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0014 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.12 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9937, 40.7547, 11.9422)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A848 #4868C8

analogous

#C86848 #C8A848 #A8C848

triadic

#C8A848 #48C8A8 #A848C8

tetradic

#C8A848 #48C868 #4868C8 #C848A8

square

#C8A848 #48C868 #4868C8 #C848A8

split-complementary

#C8A848 #48A8C8 #6848C8

monochromatic

#735F23 #A28631 #C8A848 #D6BE77 #E4D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C8A848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A848

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A848	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B9A63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc17f',
    500: '#c8a848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a848;
$custom-light: #dcc17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A848

secondary

#9AA8D1

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A848

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

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