#C8AA33#C8AA33

#C8AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA33
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -1.37, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 61.63, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0102 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.136 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7938, 41.2700, 9.0539)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA33 #3351C8

analogous

#C85F33 #C8AA33 #9CC833

triadic

#C8AA33 #33C8AA #AA33C8

tetradic

#C8AA33 #33C85F #3351C8 #C8339C

square

#C8AA33 #33C85F #3351C8 #C8339C

split-complementary

#C8AA33 #339CC8 #5F33C8

monochromatic

#66571A #978127 #C8AA33 #D7BF61 #E3D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C8AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA33

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc273',
    500: '#c8aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa33;
$custom-light: #ddc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA33

secondary

#8997CE

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA33

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

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