#C8AA35#C8AA35

#C8AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA35
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -1.28, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 60.89, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0097 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8388, 41.2881, 9.2911)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA35 #3553C8

analogous

#C86035 #C8AA35 #9DC835

triadic

#C8AA35 #35C8AA #AA35C8

tetradic

#C8AA35 #35C860 #3553C8 #C8359D

square

#C8AA35 #35C860 #3553C8 #C8359D

split-complementary

#C8AA35 #359DC8 #6035C8

monochromatic

#67581B #988128 #C8AA35 #D6BF64 #E3D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA35

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA35	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc274',
    500: '#c8aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa35;
$custom-light: #ddc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74427,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA35

secondary

#8B99CE

accent

#66E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA35

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

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