#C8AA4D#C8AA4D

#C8AA4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4D
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 0.09, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 50.88, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0029 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.117 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5355, 41.5667, 12.9605)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4D #4D6BC8

analogous

#C86D4D #C8AA4D #A9C84D

triadic

#C8AA4D #4DC8AA #AA4DC8

tetradic

#C8AA4D #4DC86D #4D6BC8 #C84DA9

square

#C8AA4D #4DC86D #4D6BC8 #C84DA9

split-complementary

#C8AA4D #4DA9C8 #6D4DC8

monochromatic

#766224 #A58933 #C8AA4D #D6C07C #E5D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C8AA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4D	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc382',
    500: '#c8aa4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4d;
$custom-light: #dcc382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4D

secondary

#9EABD2

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4D

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

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