#C8AB46#C8AB46

#C8AB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB46
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -0.90, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 54.28, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0066 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4897, 41.8495, 11.7909)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB46 #4663C8

analogous

#C86A46 #C8AB46 #A4C846

triadic

#C8AB46 #46C8AB #AB46C8

tetradic

#C8AB46 #46C86A #4663C8 #C846A4

square

#C8AB46 #46C86A #4663C8 #C846A4

split-complementary

#C8AB46 #46A4C8 #6A46C8

monochromatic

#726022 #A18830 #C8AB46 #D6C075 #E4D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB46

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37e',
    500: '#c8ab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab46;
$custom-light: #dcc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB46

secondary

#99A5D1

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB46

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

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