#C8AA3B#C8AA3B

#C8AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA3B
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -0.99, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 58.58, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0082 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.131 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9856, 41.3468, 10.0641)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA3B #3B59C8

analogous

#C8633B #C8AA3B #9FC83B

triadic

#C8AA3B #3BC8AA #AA3BC8

tetradic

#C8AA3B #3BC863 #3B59C8 #C83B9F

square

#C8AA3B #3BC863 #3B59C8 #C83B9F

split-complementary

#C8AA3B #3B9FC8 #633BC8

monochromatic

#6B5A1E #9A832B #C8AA3B #D5BF6B #E3D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA3B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA3B	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc277',
    500: '#c8aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa3b;
$custom-light: #ddc277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA3B

secondary

#909DCF

accent

#68DF48

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA3B

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

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