#C8AB4B#C8AB4B

#C8AB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB4B
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -0.58, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 52.07, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0051 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.12 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6542, 41.9153, 12.6570)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB4B #4B68C8

analogous

#C86D4B #C8AB4B #A7C84B

triadic

#C8AB4B #4BC8AB #AB4BC8

tetradic

#C8AB4B #4BC86D #4B68C8 #C84BA7

square

#C8AB4B #4BC86D #4B68C8 #C84BA7

split-complementary

#C8AB4B #4BA7C8 #6D4BC8

monochromatic

#756224 #A48932 #C8AB4B #D6C17A #E5D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C8AB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB4B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB4B	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)

#BCA841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc381',
    500: '#c8ab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab4b;
$custom-light: #dcc381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB4B

secondary

#9DA9D2

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB4B

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

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