#C8A937#C8A937

#C8A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A937
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -0.66, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 59.87, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0077 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.133 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6990, 40.9333, 9.4763)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A937 #3756C8

analogous

#C86037 #C8A937 #9FC837

triadic

#C8A937 #37C8A9 #A937C8

tetradic

#C8A937 #37C860 #3756C8 #C8379F

square

#C8A937 #37C860 #3756C8 #C8379F

split-complementary

#C8A937 #379FC8 #6037C8

monochromatic

#68581D #98802A #C8A937 #D5BE67 #E2D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A937

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A937	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc275',
    500: '#c8a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a937;
$custom-light: #ddc275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A937

secondary

#8D9BCE

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A937

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

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