#C8AC33#C8AC33

#C8AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC33
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -2.43, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 62.16, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0132 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.137 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1715, 42.0256, 9.1798)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC33 #334FC8

analogous

#C86233 #C8AC33 #9AC833

triadic

#C8AC33 #33C8AC #AC33C8

tetradic

#C8AC33 #33C862 #334FC8 #C8339A

square

#C8AC33 #33C862 #334FC8 #C8339A

split-complementary

#C8AC33 #339AC8 #6233C8

monochromatic

#66581A #978227 #C8AC33 #D7C161 #E3D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C8AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC33

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC33	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)

#BEA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc473',
    500: '#c8ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac33;
$custom-light: #ddc473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC33

secondary

#8996CE

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC33

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

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