#C8A944#C8A944

#C8A944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A944
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 0.04, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 54.57, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0042 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0527, 41.0748, 11.3390)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A944 #4463C8

analogous

#C86744 #C8A944 #A5C844

triadic

#C8A944 #44C8A9 #A944C8

tetradic

#C8A944 #44C867 #4463C8 #C844A5

square

#C8A944 #44C867 #4463C8 #C844A5

split-complementary

#C8A944 #44A5C8 #6744C8

monochromatic

#715E21 #A0852F #C8A944 #D6BF73 #E4D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C8A944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A944

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A944	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)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27d',
    500: '#c8a944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a944;
$custom-light: #dcc27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A944

secondary

#97A5D1

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A944

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

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