#C8AB3D#C8AB3D

#C8AB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3D
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -1.42, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 58.05, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0092 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2266, 41.7442, 10.4053)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3D #3D5AC8

analogous

#C8653D #C8AB3D #9FC83D

triadic

#C8AB3D #3DC8AB #AB3DC8

tetradic

#C8AB3D #3DC865 #3D5AC8 #C83D9F

square

#C8AB3D #3DC865 #3D5AC8 #C83D9F

split-complementary

#C8AB3D #3D9FC8 #653DC8

monochromatic

#6C5C1F #9C842C #C8AB3D #D6C06D #E3D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8AB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc379',
    500: '#c8ab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3d;
$custom-light: #dcc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3D

secondary

#929FCF

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3D

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

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