#C8AB52#C8AB52

#C8AB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB52
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -0.09, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 48.88, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0028 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.114 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9071, 42.0164, 13.9890)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB52 #526FC8

analogous

#C87052 #C8AB52 #AAC852

triadic

#C8AB52 #52C8AB #AB52C8

tetradic

#C8AB52 #52C870 #526FC8 #C852AA

square

#C8AB52 #52C870 #526FC8 #C852AA

split-complementary

#C8AB52 #52AAC8 #7052C8

monochromatic

#796527 #A88B35 #C8AB52 #D7C280 #E6D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8AB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB52

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB52	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)

#BBA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc385',
    500: '#c8ab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab52;
$custom-light: #dbc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74904,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB52

secondary

#A2AED4

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB52

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →