#C8A94B#C8A94B

#C8A94B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A94B
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 0.48, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 51.50, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.002 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.118 91)
XYZ	xyz(39.2793, 41.1654, 12.5320)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A94B #4B6AC8

analogous

#C86B4B #C8A94B #A9C84B

triadic

#C8A94B #4BC8A9 #A94BC8

tetradic

#C8A94B #4BC86B #4B6AC8 #C84BA9

square

#C8A94B #4BC86B #4B6AC8 #C84BA9

split-complementary

#C8A94B #4BA9C8 #6B4BC8

monochromatic

#756124 #A48832 #C8A94B #D6BF7A #E5D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C8A94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A94B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A94B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#BAA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc281',
    500: '#c8a94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a94b;
$custom-light: #dcc281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.41163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A94B

secondary

#9DAAD2

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A94B

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

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