#C8AC3A#C8AC3A

#C8AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3A
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -2.10, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 59.52, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0115 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.133 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.3377, 42.0920, 10.0547)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3A #3A56C8

analogous

#C8653A #C8AC3A #9DC83A

triadic

#C8AC3A #3AC8AC #AC3AC8

tetradic

#C8AC3A #3AC865 #3A56C8 #C83A9D

square

#C8AC3A #3AC865 #3A56C8 #C83A9D

split-complementary

#C8AC3A #3A9DC8 #653AC8

monochromatic

#6A5B1E #9A842B #C8AC3A #D5C06A #E3D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3A	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc477',
    500: '#c8ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3a;
$custom-light: #ddc477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74878,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.4209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3A

secondary

#8F9CCE

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3A

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

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