#C8AA48#C8AA48

#C8AA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA48
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -0.24, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 53.11, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0045 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.121 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3657, 41.4988, 12.0662)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA48 #4866C8

analogous

#C86A48 #C8AA48 #A6C848

triadic

#C8AA48 #48C8AA #AA48C8

tetradic

#C8AA48 #48C86A #4866C8 #C848A6

square

#C8AA48 #48C86A #4866C8 #C848A6

split-complementary

#C8AA48 #48A6C8 #6A48C8

monochromatic

#736023 #A28831 #C8AA48 #D6C077 #E4D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA48

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA48	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37f',
    500: '#c8aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa48;
$custom-light: #dcc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA48

secondary

#9AA7D1

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA48

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

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