#C8A935#C8A935

#C8A935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A935
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -0.75, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 60.63, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0082 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6521, 40.9146, 9.2289)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A935 #3554C8

analogous

#C86035 #C8A935 #9EC835

triadic

#C8A935 #35C8A9 #A935C8

tetradic

#C8A935 #35C860 #3554C8 #C8359E

square

#C8A935 #35C860 #3554C8 #C8359E

split-complementary

#C8A935 #359EC8 #6035C8

monochromatic

#67571B #988028 #C8A935 #D6BE64 #E3D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C8A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A935

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A935	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc274',
    500: '#c8a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a935;
$custom-light: #ddc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A935

secondary

#8B99CE

accent

#67E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A935

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

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