#C8AA43#C8AA43

#C8AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA43
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -0.55, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 55.28, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.006 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.125 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2092, 41.4362, 11.2419)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA43 #4361C8

analogous

#C86743 #C8AA43 #A4C843

triadic

#C8AA43 #43C8AA #AA43C8

tetradic

#C8AA43 #43C867 #4361C8 #C843A4

square

#C8AA43 #43C867 #4361C8 #C843A4

split-complementary

#C8AA43 #43A4C8 #6743C8

monochromatic

#705E21 #9F862F #C8AA43 #D6BF72 #E4D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C8AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA43

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA43	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37c',
    500: '#c8aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa43;
$custom-light: #dcc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74541,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA43

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA43

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

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