#C8AC3B#C8AC3B

#C8AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3B
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -2.05, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 59.13, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0112 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3634, 42.1023, 10.1900)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3B #3B57C8

analogous

#C8653B #C8AC3B #9DC83B

triadic

#C8AC3B #3BC8AC #AC3BC8

tetradic

#C8AC3B #3BC865 #3B57C8 #C83B9D

square

#C8AC3B #3BC865 #3B57C8 #C83B9D

split-complementary

#C8AC3B #3B9DC8 #653BC8

monochromatic

#6B5B1E #9A842B #C8AC3B #D5C06B #E3D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3B	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)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc478',
    500: '#c8ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3b;
$custom-light: #dcc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74886,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3B

secondary

#909DCF

accent

#66DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3B

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

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