#C8AB3C#C8AB3C

#C8AB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3C
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -1.47, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 58.45, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0095 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1999, 41.7336, 10.2647)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3C #3C59C8

analogous

#C8653C #C8AB3C #9FC83C

triadic

#C8AB3C #3CC8AB #AB3CC8

tetradic

#C8AB3C #3CC865 #3C59C8 #C83C9F

square

#C8AB3C #3CC865 #3C59C8 #C83C9F

split-complementary

#C8AB3C #3C9FC8 #653CC8

monochromatic

#6B5B1E #9B842C #C8AB3C #D5C06C #E3D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8AB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3C	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc378',
    500: '#c8ab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3c;
$custom-light: #dcc378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3C

secondary

#919ECF

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3C

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

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