#C8AA4B#C8AA4B

#C8AA4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.119 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4B
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -0.05, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 51.78, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0036 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.119 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4660, 41.5389, 12.5943)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4B #4B69C8

analogous

#C86C4B #C8AA4B #A8C84B

triadic

#C8AA4B #4BC8AA #AA4BC8

tetradic

#C8AA4B #4BC86C #4B69C8 #C84BA8

square

#C8AA4B #4BC86C #4B69C8 #C84BA8

split-complementary

#C8AA4B #4BA8C8 #6C4BC8

monochromatic

#756124 #A48832 #C8AA4B #D6C07A #E5D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8AA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4B

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4B	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.119 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc381',
    500: '#c8aa4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4b;
$custom-light: #dcc381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4B

secondary

#9DAAD2

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4B

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

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