#C8AB41#C8AB41

#C8AB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB41
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -1.20, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 56.41, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0081 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.127 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3384, 41.7890, 10.9940)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB41 #415EC8

analogous

#C86841 #C8AB41 #A2C841

triadic

#C8AB41 #41C8AB #AB41C8

tetradic

#C8AB41 #41C868 #415EC8 #C841A2

square

#C8AB41 #41C868 #415EC8 #C841A2

split-complementary

#C8AB41 #41A2C8 #6841C8

monochromatic

#6F5E20 #9E862E #C8AB41 #D6C070 #E3D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8AB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB41

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB41	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37b',
    500: '#c8ab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab41;
$custom-light: #dcc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB41

secondary

#95A2D0

accent

#69DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB41

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

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