#C8AB53#C8AB53

#C8AB53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB53
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -0.01, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 48.41, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0025 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.113 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9454, 42.0318, 14.1908)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB53 #5370C8

analogous

#C87053 #C8AB53 #ABC853

triadic

#C8AB53 #53C8AB #AB53C8

tetradic

#C8AB53 #53C870 #5370C8 #C853AB

square

#C8AB53 #53C870 #5370C8 #C853AB

split-complementary

#C8AB53 #53ABC8 #7053C8

monochromatic

#7A6527 #A88C36 #C8AB53 #D7C281 #E6D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C8AB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB53

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB53	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc386',
    500: '#c8ab53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab53;
$custom-light: #dbc386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB53

secondary

#A3AFD4

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB53

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

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