#C8AA44#C8AA44

#C8AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA44
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -0.49, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 54.85, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0057 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.124 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2395, 41.4483, 11.4012)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA44 #4462C8

analogous

#C86844 #C8AA44 #A4C844

triadic

#C8AA44 #44C8AA #AA44C8

tetradic

#C8AA44 #44C868 #4462C8 #C844A4

square

#C8AA44 #44C868 #4462C8 #C844A4

split-complementary

#C8AA44 #44A4C8 #6844C8

monochromatic

#715E21 #A0862F #C8AA44 #D6BF73 #E4D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C8AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA44

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37d',
    500: '#c8aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa44;
$custom-light: #dcc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA44

secondary

#97A4D1

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA44

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

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