#C8AA46#C8AA46

#C8AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA46
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -0.37, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 53.99, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0051 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.123 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3015, 41.4731, 11.7282)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA46 #4664C8

analogous

#C86946 #C8AA46 #A5C846

triadic

#C8AA46 #46C8AA #AA46C8

tetradic

#C8AA46 #46C869 #4664C8 #C846A5

square

#C8AA46 #46C869 #4664C8 #C846A5

split-complementary

#C8AA46 #46A5C8 #6946C8

monochromatic

#725F22 #A18730 #C8AA46 #D6C075 #E4D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C8AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA46

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37e',
    500: '#c8aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa46;
$custom-light: #dcc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7457,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA46

secondary

#99A6D1

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA46

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

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