#C8AA41#C8AA41

#C8AA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA41
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -0.67, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 56.13, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0066 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.127 93)
XYZ	xyz(39.1502, 41.4126, 10.9313)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA41 #415FC8

analogous

#C86741 #C8AA41 #A2C841

triadic

#C8AA41 #41C8AA #AA41C8

tetradic

#C8AA41 #41C867 #415FC8 #C841A2

square

#C8AA41 #41C867 #415FC8 #C841A2

split-complementary

#C8AA41 #41A2C8 #6741C8

monochromatic

#6F5D20 #9E852E #C8AA41 #D6BF70 #E3D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA41

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA41	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)

#BCA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37b',
    500: '#c8aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa41;
$custom-light: #dcc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74523,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.4141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA41

secondary

#95A2D0

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA41

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

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