#C8AA4E#C8AA4E

#C8AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4E
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 0.16, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 50.42, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0026 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.116 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5711, 41.5810, 13.1479)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4E #4E6CC8

analogous

#C86D4E #C8AA4E #A9C84E

triadic

#C8AA4E #4EC8AA #AA4EC8

tetradic

#C8AA4E #4EC86D #4E6CC8 #C84EA9

square

#C8AA4E #4EC86D #4E6CC8 #C84EA9

split-complementary

#C8AA4E #4EA9C8 #6D4EC8

monochromatic

#776325 #A58933 #C8AA4E #D7C07D #E5D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4E

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4E	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc383',
    500: '#c8aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4e;
$custom-light: #dcc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4E

secondary

#9FACD3

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4E

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

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