#C8AA3C#C8AA3C

#C8AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA3C
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -0.94, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 58.18, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0079 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0118, 41.3572, 10.2020)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA3C #3C5AC8

analogous

#C8643C #C8AA3C #A0C83C

triadic

#C8AA3C #3CC8AA #AA3CC8

tetradic

#C8AA3C #3CC864 #3C5AC8 #C83CA0

square

#C8AA3C #3CC864 #3C5AC8 #C83CA0

split-complementary

#C8AA3C #3CA0C8 #643CC8

monochromatic

#6B5B1E #9B832C #C8AA3C #D5BF6C #E3D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C8AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA3C

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA3C	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)

#BCA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc278',
    500: '#c8aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa3c;
$custom-light: #dcc278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA3C

secondary

#919ECF

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA3C

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

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