#C8AB35#C8AB35

#C8AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB35
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -1.81, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 61.16, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0112 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0270, 41.6644, 9.3539)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB35 #3552C8

analogous

#C86135 #C8AB35 #9CC835

triadic

#C8AB35 #35C8AB #AB35C8

tetradic

#C8AB35 #35C861 #3552C8 #C8359C

square

#C8AB35 #35C861 #3552C8 #C8359C

split-complementary

#C8AB35 #359CC8 #6135C8

monochromatic

#67581B #988228 #C8AB35 #D6C064 #E3D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB35

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB35	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc374',
    500: '#c8ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab35;
$custom-light: #ddc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB35

secondary

#8B98CE

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB35

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

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