#C8AA4F#C8AA4F

#C8AA4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA4F
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 0.23, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 49.97, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0023 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.116 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6072, 41.5954, 13.3381)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA4F #4F6DC8

analogous

#C86E4F #C8AA4F #AAC84F

triadic

#C8AA4F #4FC8AA #AA4FC8

tetradic

#C8AA4F #4FC86E #4F6DC8 #C84FAA

square

#C8AA4F #4FC86E #4F6DC8 #C84FAA

split-complementary

#C8AA4F #4FAAC8 #6E4FC8

monochromatic

#776325 #A68A34 #C8AA4F #D7C17E #E5D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8AA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA4F

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA4F	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)

#BBA846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc383',
    500: '#c8aa4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa4f;
$custom-light: #dcc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA4F

secondary

#A0ADD3

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA4F

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

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