#C8A943#C8A943

#C8A943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A943
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -0.02, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 55.00, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0045 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.125 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0225, 41.0627, 11.1796)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A943 #4362C8

analogous

#C86643 #C8A943 #A5C843

triadic

#C8A943 #43C8A9 #A943C8

tetradic

#C8A943 #43C866 #4362C8 #C843A5

square

#C8A943 #43C866 #4362C8 #C843A5

split-complementary

#C8A943 #43A5C8 #6643C8

monochromatic

#705D21 #9F852F #C8A943 #D6BF72 #E4D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A943

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A943	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)

#BBA637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27c',
    500: '#c8a943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a943;
$custom-light: #dcc27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A943

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A943

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

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