#C8AB49#C8AB49

#C8AB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB49
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -0.71, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 52.96, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0057 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.121 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5868, 41.8883, 12.3022)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB49 #4966C8

analogous

#C86B49 #C8AB49 #A5C849

triadic

#C8AB49 #49C8AB #AB49C8

tetradic

#C8AB49 #49C86B #4966C8 #C849A5

square

#C8AB49 #49C86B #4966C8 #C849A5

split-complementary

#C8AB49 #49A5C8 #6B49C8

monochromatic

#746123 #A38931 #C8AB49 #D6C178 #E4D6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C8AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB49

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB49	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc380',
    500: '#c8ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab49;
$custom-light: #dcc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB49

secondary

#9BA8D2

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB49

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

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