#C8AA42#C8AA42

#C8AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA42
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -0.61, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 55.71, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0063 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.126 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1795, 41.4243, 11.0852)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA42 #4260C8

analogous

#C86742 #C8AA42 #A3C842

triadic

#C8AA42 #42C8AA #AA42C8

tetradic

#C8AA42 #42C867 #4260C8 #C842A3

square

#C8AA42 #42C867 #4260C8 #C842A3

split-complementary

#C8AA42 #42A3C8 #6742C8

monochromatic

#6F5E20 #9F852E #C8AA42 #D6BF71 #E4D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA42

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA42	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)

#BCA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37b',
    500: '#c8aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa42;
$custom-light: #dcc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA42

secondary

#96A3D0

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA42

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

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