#C8AA50#C8AA50

#C8AA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA50
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 0.30, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 49.51, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.002 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.115 91)
XYZ	xyz(39.6439, 41.6101, 13.5313)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA50 #506EC8

analogous

#C86E50 #C8AA50 #AAC850

triadic

#C8AA50 #50C8AA #AA50C8

tetradic

#C8AA50 #50C86E #506EC8 #C850AA

square

#C8AA50 #50C86E #506EC8 #C850AA

split-complementary

#C8AA50 #50AAC8 #6E50C8

monochromatic

#786326 #A68A34 #C8AA50 #D7C17F #E5D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C8AA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA50

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA50	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)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc384',
    500: '#c8aa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa50;
$custom-light: #dcc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.41608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA50

secondary

#A1ADD3

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA50

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

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