#C8AA45#C8AA45

#C8AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA45
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -0.43, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 54.42, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0054 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.124 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2702, 41.4606, 11.5633)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA45 #4563C8

analogous

#C86945 #C8AA45 #A4C845

triadic

#C8AA45 #45C8AA #AA45C8

tetradic

#C8AA45 #45C869 #4563C8 #C845A4

square

#C8AA45 #45C869 #4563C8 #C845A4

split-complementary

#C8AA45 #45A4C8 #6945C8

monochromatic

#715F21 #A0872F #C8AA45 #D6C074 #E4D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C8AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA45

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37d',
    500: '#c8aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa45;
$custom-light: #dcc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7456,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA45

secondary

#98A5D1

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA45

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

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