#C8AB3F#C8AB3F

#C8AB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB3F
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -1.31, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 57.24, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0087 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2815, 41.7662, 10.6943)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB3F #3F5CC8

analogous

#C8673F #C8AB3F #A1C83F

triadic

#C8AB3F #3FC8AB #AB3FC8

tetradic

#C8AB3F #3FC867 #3F5CC8 #C83FA1

square

#C8AB3F #3FC867 #3F5CC8 #C83FA1

split-complementary

#C8AB3F #3FA1C8 #673FC8

monochromatic

#6D5D1F #9D852D #C8AB3F #D6C06F #E3D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8AB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB3F

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37a',
    500: '#c8ab3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab3f;
$custom-light: #dcc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74712,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB3F

secondary

#93A0D0

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB3F

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

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