#C8AA4C#C8AA4C

#C8AA4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4C
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 0.02, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 51.33, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0033 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.118 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5005, 41.5527, 12.7760)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4C #4C6AC8

analogous

#C86C4C #C8AA4C #A8C84C

triadic

#C8AA4C #4CC8AA #AA4CC8

tetradic

#C8AA4C #4CC86C #4C6AC8 #C84CA8

square

#C8AA4C #4CC86C #4C6AC8 #C84CA8

split-complementary

#C8AA4C #4CA8C8 #6C4CC8

monochromatic

#756224 #A48932 #C8AA4C #D6C07B #E5D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8AA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4C

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4C	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)

#BBA842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc382',
    500: '#c8aa4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4c;
$custom-light: #dcc382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4C

secondary

#9EAAD2

accent

#6EDC4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4C

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

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