#C8AB3A#C8AB3A

#C8AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3A
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -1.57, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 59.25, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.01 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1481, 41.7128, 9.9915)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3A #3A57C8

analogous

#C8643A #C8AB3A #9EC83A

triadic

#C8AB3A #3AC8AB #AB3AC8

tetradic

#C8AB3A #3AC864 #3A57C8 #C83A9E

square

#C8AB3A #3AC864 #3A57C8 #C83A9E

split-complementary

#C8AB3A #3A9EC8 #643AC8

monochromatic

#6A5A1E #9A832B #C8AB3A #D5BF6A #E3D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C8AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3A	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc377',
    500: '#c8ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3a;
$custom-light: #ddc377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3A

secondary

#8F9CCE

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3A

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

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