#C8AB3E#C8AB3E

#C8AB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3E
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -1.36, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 57.65, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0089 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(39.2538, 41.7551, 10.5485)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3E #3E5BC8

analogous

#C8663E #C8AB3E #A0C83E

triadic

#C8AB3E #3EC8AB #AB3EC8

tetradic

#C8AB3E #3EC866 #3E5BC8 #C83EA0

square

#C8AB3E #3EC866 #3E5BC8 #C83EA0

split-complementary

#C8AB3E #3EA0C8 #663EC8

monochromatic

#6D5C1F #9C852D #C8AB3E #D6C06E #E3D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8AB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc379',
    500: '#c8ab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3e;
$custom-light: #dcc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.41753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3E

secondary

#929FCF

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3E

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

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