#C8A945#C8A945

#C8A945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A945
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 0.10, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 54.14, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0039 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.123 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0835, 41.0871, 11.5011)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A945 #4564C8

analogous

#C86845 #C8A945 #A5C845

triadic

#C8A945 #45C8A9 #A945C8

tetradic

#C8A945 #45C868 #4564C8 #C845A5

square

#C8A945 #45C868 #4564C8 #C845A5

split-complementary

#C8A945 #45A5C8 #6845C8

monochromatic

#715E21 #A0862F #C8A945 #D6BF74 #E4D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A945

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A945	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27d',
    500: '#c8a945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a945;
$custom-light: #dcc27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A945

secondary

#98A5D1

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A945

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

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