#C8A94A#C8A94A

#C8A94A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A94A
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 0.42, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 51.94, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0024 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.119 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2453, 41.1518, 12.3532)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A94A #4A69C8

analogous

#C86A4A #C8A94A #A8C84A

triadic

#C8A94A #4AC8A9 #A94AC8

tetradic

#C8A94A #4AC86A #4A69C8 #C84AA8

square

#C8A94A #4AC86A #4A69C8 #C84AA8

split-complementary

#C8A94A #4AA8C8 #6A4AC8

monochromatic

#746023 #A38732 #C8A94A #D6BF79 #E5D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A94A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A94A	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)

#BAA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc280',
    500: '#c8a94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a94a;
$custom-light: #dcc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A94A

secondary

#9CA9D2

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A94A

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

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