#C8A933#C8A933

#C8A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A933
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -0.84, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 61.37, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0087 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.135 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6070, 40.8965, 8.9917)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A933 #3352C8

analogous

#C85F33 #C8A933 #9DC833

triadic

#C8A933 #33C8A9 #A933C8

tetradic

#C8A933 #33C85F #3352C8 #C8339D

square

#C8A933 #33C85F #3352C8 #C8339D

split-complementary

#C8A933 #339DC8 #5F33C8

monochromatic

#66571A #978027 #C8A933 #D7BE61 #E3D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A933

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A933	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc273',
    500: '#c8a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a933;
$custom-light: #ddc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A933

secondary

#8997CE

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A933

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

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