#C8A947#C8A947

#C8A947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A947
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 0.22, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 53.27, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0033 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.121 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1466, 41.1124, 11.8336)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A947 #4766C8

analogous

#C86847 #C8A947 #A7C847

triadic

#C8A947 #47C8A9 #A947C8

tetradic

#C8A947 #47C868 #4766C8 #C847A7

square

#C8A947 #47C868 #4766C8 #C847A7

split-complementary

#C8A947 #47A7C8 #6847C8

monochromatic

#725F22 #A28630 #C8A947 #D6BF76 #E4D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A947

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A947	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)

#BAA73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27e',
    500: '#c8a947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a947;
$custom-light: #dcc27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74374,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A947

secondary

#9AA7D1

accent

#6EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A947

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

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