#C8AA3F#C8AA3F

#C8AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA3F
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -0.78, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 56.96, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0071 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.128 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0933, 41.3899, 10.6316)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA3F #3F5DC8

analogous

#C8663F #C8AA3F #A2C83F

triadic

#C8AA3F #3FC8AA #AA3FC8

tetradic

#C8AA3F #3FC866 #3F5DC8 #C83FA2

square

#C8AA3F #3FC866 #3F5DC8 #C83FA2

split-complementary

#C8AA3F #3FA2C8 #663FC8

monochromatic

#6D5C1F #9D842D #C8AA3F #D6BF6F #E3D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA3F

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA3F	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)

#BCA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc27a',
    500: '#c8aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa3f;
$custom-light: #dcc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA3F

secondary

#93A0D0

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA3F

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

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