#C8A939#C8A939

#C8A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A939
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -0.56, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 59.10, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0072 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.132 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7480, 40.9529, 9.7339)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A939 #3958C8

analogous

#C86139 #C8A939 #9FC839

triadic

#C8A939 #39C8A9 #A939C8

tetradic

#C8A939 #39C861 #3958C8 #C8399F

square

#C8A939 #39C861 #3958C8 #C8399F

split-complementary

#C8A939 #399FC8 #6139C8

monochromatic

#69591D #99812B #C8A939 #D5BE69 #E3D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C8A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A939

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A939	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)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc276',
    500: '#c8a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a939;
$custom-light: #ddc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7425,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A939

secondary

#8F9CCE

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A939

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

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