#C8A94C#C8A94C

#C8A94C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A94C
RGB	rgb(200, 169, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 0.55, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 51.04, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0017 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.117 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3137, 41.1792, 12.7137)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A94C #4C6BC8

analogous

#C86B4C #C8A94C #A9C84C

triadic

#C8A94C #4CC8A9 #A94CC8

tetradic

#C8A94C #4CC86B #4C6BC8 #C84CA9

square

#C8A94C #4CC86B #4C6BC8 #C84CA9

split-complementary

#C8A94C #4CA9C8 #6B4CC8

monochromatic

#756124 #A48832 #C8A94C #D6BF7B #E5D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8A94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C8A94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A94C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A94C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 169, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc281',
    500: '#c8a94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a94c;
$custom-light: #dcc281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A94C

secondary

#9EABD2

accent

#70DC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A94C

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

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