#C8A949#C8A949

#C8A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A949
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 0.35, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 52.39, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0027 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.12 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2119, 41.1385, 12.1772)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A949 #4968C8

analogous

#C86949 #C8A949 #A7C849

triadic

#C8A949 #49C8A9 #A949C8

tetradic

#C8A949 #49C869 #4968C8 #C849A7

square

#C8A949 #49C869 #4968C8 #C849A7

split-complementary

#C8A949 #49A7C8 #6949C8

monochromatic

#746023 #A38731 #C8A949 #D6BF78 #E4D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A949

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A949	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc280',
    500: '#c8a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a949;
$custom-light: #dcc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A949

secondary

#9BA8D2

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A949

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

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