#C8AB40#C8AB40

#C8AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB40
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -1.25, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 56.82, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0084 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.128 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3097, 41.7775, 10.8428)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB40 #405DC8

analogous

#C86740 #C8AB40 #A1C840

triadic

#C8AB40 #40C8AB #AB40C8

tetradic

#C8AB40 #40C867 #405DC8 #C840A1

square

#C8AB40 #40C867 #405DC8 #C840A1

split-complementary

#C8AB40 #40A1C8 #6740C8

monochromatic

#6E5D20 #9D862D #C8AB40 #D6C070 #E3D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C8AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB40

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB40	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37a',
    500: '#c8ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab40;
$custom-light: #dcc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7472,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB40

secondary

#94A1D0

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB40

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

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