#C8AB4E#C8AB4E

#C8AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB4E
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -0.38, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 50.72, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0041 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.117 92)
XYZ	xyz(39.7593, 41.9573, 13.2106)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB4E #4E6BC8

analogous

#C86E4E #C8AB4E #A8C84E

triadic

#C8AB4E #4EC8AB #AB4EC8

tetradic

#C8AB4E #4EC86E #4E6BC8 #C84EA8

square

#C8AB4E #4EC86E #4E6BC8 #C84EA8

split-complementary

#C8AB4E #4EA8C8 #6E4EC8

monochromatic

#776325 #A58A33 #C8AB4E #D7C17D #E5D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C8AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C8AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB4E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB4E	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc383',
    500: '#c8ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab4e;
$custom-light: #dcc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.41955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB4E

secondary

#9FABD3

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB4E

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

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