#C8A948#C8A948

#C8A948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A948
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 0.29, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 52.83, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.003 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.121 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1790, 41.1253, 12.0040)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A948 #4867C8

analogous

#C86948 #C8A948 #A7C848

triadic

#C8A948 #48C8A9 #A948C8

tetradic

#C8A948 #48C869 #4867C8 #C848A7

square

#C8A948 #48C869 #4867C8 #C848A7

split-complementary

#C8A948 #48A7C8 #6948C8

monochromatic

#736023 #A28731 #C8A948 #D6BF77 #E4D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C8A948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A948

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A948	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)

#BAA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27f',
    500: '#c8a948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a948;
$custom-light: #dcc27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A948

secondary

#9AA8D1

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A948

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

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