#C8AB4A#C8AB4A

#C8AB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB4A
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -0.65, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 52.52, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0054 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.12 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6202, 41.9017, 12.4782)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB4A #4A67C8

analogous

#C86C4A #C8AB4A #A6C84A

triadic

#C8AB4A #4AC8AB #AB4AC8

tetradic

#C8AB4A #4AC86C #4A67C8 #C84AA6

square

#C8AB4A #4AC86C #4A67C8 #C84AA6

split-complementary

#C8AB4A #4AA6C8 #6C4AC8

monochromatic

#746223 #A38932 #C8AB4A #D6C179 #E5D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C8AB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB4A

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc380',
    500: '#c8ab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab4a;
$custom-light: #dcc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB4A

secondary

#9CA8D2

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB4A

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

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