#C8A93B#C8A93B

#C8A93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A93B
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -0.46, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 58.31, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0067 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.13 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7988, 40.9733, 10.0019)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A93B #3B5AC8

analogous

#C8633B #C8A93B #A0C83B

triadic

#C8A93B #3BC8A9 #A93BC8

tetradic

#C8A93B #3BC863 #3B5AC8 #C83BA0

square

#C8A93B #3BC863 #3B5AC8 #C83BA0

split-complementary

#C8A93B #3BA0C8 #633BC8

monochromatic

#6B5A1E #9A822B #C8A93B #D5BE6B #E3D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A93B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A93B	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BBA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc277',
    500: '#c8a93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a93b;
$custom-light: #ddc277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A93B

secondary

#909ECF

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A93B

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

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