#C8AB50#C8AB50

#C8AB50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB50
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -0.23, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 49.80, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0035 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.115 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8321, 41.9864, 13.5940)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB50 #506DC8

analogous

#C86F50 #C8AB50 #A9C850

triadic

#C8AB50 #50C8AB #AB50C8

tetradic

#C8AB50 #50C86F #506DC8 #C850A9

square

#C8AB50 #50C86F #506DC8 #C850A9

split-complementary

#C8AB50 #50A9C8 #6F50C8

monochromatic

#786426 #A68B34 #C8AB50 #D7C17F #E5D8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8AB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB50

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB50	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc384',
    500: '#c8ab50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab50;
$custom-light: #dcc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB50

secondary

#A1ADD3

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB50

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

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