#C8A946#C8A946

#C8A946 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A946
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 0.16, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 53.71, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0036 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.122 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1148, 41.0997, 11.6659)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A946 #4665C8

analogous

#C86846 #C8A946 #A6C846

triadic

#C8A946 #46C8A9 #A946C8

tetradic

#C8A946 #46C868 #4665C8 #C846A6

square

#C8A946 #46C868 #4665C8 #C846A6

split-complementary

#C8A946 #46A6C8 #6846C8

monochromatic

#725F22 #A18630 #C8A946 #D6BF75 #E4D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A946

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A946	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)

#BAA73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27e',
    500: '#c8a946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a946;
$custom-light: #dcc27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A946

secondary

#99A6D1

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A946

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

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