#C8AB47#C8AB47

#C8AB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB47
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -0.84, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 53.84, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0063 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.123 93)
XYZ	xyz(39.5215, 41.8622, 11.9585)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB47 #4764C8

analogous

#C86A47 #C8AB47 #A4C847

triadic

#C8AB47 #47C8AB #AB47C8

tetradic

#C8AB47 #47C86A #4764C8 #C847A4

square

#C8AB47 #47C86A #4764C8 #C847A4

split-complementary

#C8AB47 #47A4C8 #6A47C8

monochromatic

#726022 #A28830 #C8AB47 #D6C176 #E4D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB47

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB47	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37f',
    500: '#c8ab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab47;
$custom-light: #dcc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74786,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB47

secondary

#9AA6D1

accent

#6BDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB47

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

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