#C8A942#C8A942

#C8A942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A942
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -0.08, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 55.43, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0048 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.125 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9927, 41.0508, 11.0230)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A942 #4261C8

analogous

#C86642 #C8A942 #A4C842

triadic

#C8A942 #42C8A9 #A942C8

tetradic

#C8A942 #42C866 #4261C8 #C842A4

square

#C8A942 #42C866 #4261C8 #C842A4

split-complementary

#C8A942 #42A4C8 #6642C8

monochromatic

#6F5D20 #9F852E #C8A942 #D6BF71 #E4D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A942

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A942	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)

#BBA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27b',
    500: '#c8a942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a942;
$custom-light: #dcc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74326,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A942

secondary

#96A3D0

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A942

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

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