#C8AA49#C8AA49

#C8AA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA49
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -0.18, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 52.67, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0042 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.121 92)
XYZ	xyz(39.3986, 41.5120, 12.2394)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA49 #4967C8

analogous

#C86A49 #C8AA49 #A6C849

triadic

#C8AA49 #49C8AA #AA49C8

tetradic

#C8AA49 #49C86A #4967C8 #C849A6

square

#C8AA49 #49C86A #4967C8 #C849A6

split-complementary

#C8AA49 #49A6C8 #6A49C8

monochromatic

#746123 #A38831 #C8AA49 #D6C078 #E4D6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA49

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc380',
    500: '#c8aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa49;
$custom-light: #dcc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.4151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA49

secondary

#9BA8D2

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA49

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

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