#C8AB45#C8AB45

#C8AB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB45
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -0.96, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 54.71, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0069 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.124 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4584, 41.8370, 11.6260)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB45 #4562C8

analogous

#C86A45 #C8AB45 #A3C845

triadic

#C8AB45 #45C8AB #AB45C8

tetradic

#C8AB45 #45C86A #4562C8 #C845A3

square

#C8AB45 #45C86A #4562C8 #C845A3

split-complementary

#C8AB45 #45A3C8 #6A45C8

monochromatic

#716021 #A0872F #C8AB45 #D6C074 #E4D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB45

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB45	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37d',
    500: '#c8ab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab45;
$custom-light: #dcc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74766,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB45

secondary

#98A5D1

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB45

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

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