#C8AA3E#C8AA3E

#C8AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA3E
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -0.83, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 57.37, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0074 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.129 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0656, 41.3788, 10.4857)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA3E #3E5CC8

analogous

#C8653E #C8AA3E #A1C83E

triadic

#C8AA3E #3EC8AA #AA3EC8

tetradic

#C8AA3E #3EC865 #3E5CC8 #C83EA1

square

#C8AA3E #3EC865 #3E5CC8 #C83EA1

split-complementary

#C8AA3E #3EA1C8 #653EC8

monochromatic

#6D5C1F #9C842D #C8AA3E #D6BF6E #E3D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA3E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA3E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc279',
    500: '#c8aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa3e;
$custom-light: #dcc279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74497,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA3E

secondary

#92A0CF

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA3E

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

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