#C8A940#C8A940

#C8A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A940
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -0.19, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 56.27, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0053 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9348, 41.0276, 10.7179)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A940 #405FC8

analogous

#C86540 #C8A940 #A3C840

triadic

#C8A940 #40C8A9 #A940C8

tetradic

#C8A940 #40C865 #405FC8 #C840A3

square

#C8A940 #40C865 #405FC8 #C840A3

split-complementary

#C8A940 #40A3C8 #6540C8

monochromatic

#6E5C20 #9D842D #C8A940 #D6BE70 #E3D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A940

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A940	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27a',
    500: '#c8a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a940;
$custom-light: #dcc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A940

secondary

#94A2D0

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A940

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

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