#C8AB44#C8AB44

#C8AB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB44
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -1.02, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 55.14, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0072 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.125 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4276, 41.8247, 11.4639)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB44 #4461C8

analogous

#C86944 #C8AB44 #A3C844

triadic

#C8AB44 #44C8AB #AB44C8

tetradic

#C8AB44 #44C869 #4461C8 #C844A3

square

#C8AB44 #44C869 #4461C8 #C844A3

split-complementary

#C8AB44 #44A3C8 #6944C8

monochromatic

#715F21 #A0872F #C8AB44 #D6C073 #E4D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C8AB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB44

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB44	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)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37d',
    500: '#c8ab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab44;
$custom-light: #dcc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74757,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB44

secondary

#97A4D1

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB44

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

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