#C8AA2F#C8AA2F

#C8AA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA2F
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -1.54, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 63.04, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0111 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.138 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7094, 41.2363, 8.6093)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA2F #2F4DC8

analogous

#C85D2F #C8AA2F #99C82F

triadic

#C8AA2F #2FC8AA #AA2FC8

tetradic

#C8AA2F #2FC85D #2F4DC8 #C82F99

square

#C8AA2F #2FC85D #2F4DC8 #C82F99

split-complementary

#C8AA2F #2F99C8 #5D2FC8

monochromatic

#655618 #968023 #C8AA2F #D9C05C #E4D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8AA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA2F

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA2F	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc271',
    500: '#c8aa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa2f;
$custom-light: #ddc271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA2F

secondary

#8493CF

accent

#63E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA2F

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

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