#C8AA4A#C8AA4A

#C8AA4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4A
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -0.12, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 52.23, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0039 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.12 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4320, 41.5253, 12.4155)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4A #4A68C8

analogous

#C86B4A #C8AA4A #A7C84A

triadic

#C8AA4A #4AC8AA #AA4AC8

tetradic

#C8AA4A #4AC86B #4A68C8 #C84AA7

square

#C8AA4A #4AC86B #4A68C8 #C84AA7

split-complementary

#C8AA4A #4AA7C8 #6B4AC8

monochromatic

#746123 #A38832 #C8AA4A #D6C079 #E5D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C8AA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4A

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4A	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)

#BBA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc380',
    500: '#c8aa4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4a;
$custom-light: #dcc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4A

secondary

#9CA9D2

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4A

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

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