#C8A941#C8A941

#C8A941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A941
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -0.14, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 55.85, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0051 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.126 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9635, 41.0391, 10.8691)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A941 #4160C8

analogous

#C86641 #C8A941 #A4C841

triadic

#C8A941 #41C8A9 #A941C8

tetradic

#C8A941 #41C866 #4160C8 #C841A4

square

#C8A941 #41C866 #4160C8 #C841A4

split-complementary

#C8A941 #41A4C8 #6641C8

monochromatic

#6F5D20 #9E842E #C8A941 #D6BE70 #E3D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A941

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A941	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)

#BBA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27b',
    500: '#c8a941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a941;
$custom-light: #dcc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A941

secondary

#95A2D0

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A941

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

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