#C8AB42#C8AB42

#C8AB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB42
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -1.14, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 55.99, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0078 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3676, 41.8007, 11.1479)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB42 #425FC8

analogous

#C86842 #C8AB42 #A2C842

triadic

#C8AB42 #42C8AB #AB42C8

tetradic

#C8AB42 #42C868 #425FC8 #C842A2

square

#C8AB42 #42C868 #425FC8 #C842A2

split-complementary

#C8AB42 #42A2C8 #6842C8

monochromatic

#6F5E20 #9F862E #C8AB42 #D6C071 #E4D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB42

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB42	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37c',
    500: '#c8ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab42;
$custom-light: #dcc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB42

secondary

#96A2D0

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB42

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

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