#C8AA39#C8AA39

#C8AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA39
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -1.09, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 59.36, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0087 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.132 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9347, 41.3264, 9.7961)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA39 #3957C8

analogous

#C86339 #C8AA39 #9EC839

triadic

#C8AA39 #39C8AA #AA39C8

tetradic

#C8AA39 #39C863 #3957C8 #C8399E

square

#C8AA39 #39C863 #3957C8 #C8399E

split-complementary

#C8AA39 #399EC8 #6339C8

monochromatic

#69591D #99822B #C8AA39 #D5BF69 #E3D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C8AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA39

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc276',
    500: '#c8aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa39;
$custom-light: #ddc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA39

secondary

#8F9CCE

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA39

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

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