#C8AA3D#C8AA3D

#C8AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA3D
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -0.89, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 57.78, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0077 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0385, 41.3679, 10.3425)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA3D #3D5BC8

analogous

#C8643D #C8AA3D #A0C83D

triadic

#C8AA3D #3DC8AA #AA3DC8

tetradic

#C8AA3D #3DC864 #3D5BC8 #C83DA0

square

#C8AA3D #3DC864 #3D5BC8 #C83DA0

split-complementary

#C8AA3D #3DA0C8 #643DC8

monochromatic

#6C5B1F #9C842C #C8AA3D #D6BF6D #E3D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C8AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA3D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA3D	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc279',
    500: '#c8aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa3d;
$custom-light: #dcc279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA3D

secondary

#929FCF

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA3D

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

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