#C8AB48#C8AB48

#C8AB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB48
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -0.78, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 53.40, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.006 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.122 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5539, 41.8752, 12.1289)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB48 #4865C8

analogous

#C86B48 #C8AB48 #A5C848

triadic

#C8AB48 #48C8AB #AB48C8

tetradic

#C8AB48 #48C86B #4865C8 #C848A5

square

#C8AB48 #48C86B #4865C8 #C848A5

split-complementary

#C8AB48 #48A5C8 #6B48C8

monochromatic

#736123 #A28831 #C8AB48 #D6C177 #E4D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C8AB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB48

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB48	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)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37f',
    500: '#c8ab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab48;
$custom-light: #dcc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB48

secondary

#9AA7D1

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB48

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

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