#C8AC3C#C8AC3C

#C8AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3C
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -2.00, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 58.73, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.011 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3895, 42.1128, 10.3279)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3C #3C58C8

analogous

#C8663C #C8AC3C #9EC83C

triadic

#C8AC3C #3CC8AC #AC3CC8

tetradic

#C8AC3C #3CC866 #3C58C8 #C83C9E

square

#C8AC3C #3CC866 #3C58C8 #C83C9E

split-complementary

#C8AC3C #3C9EC8 #663CC8

monochromatic

#6B5C1E #9B852C #C8AC3C #D5C06C #E3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc478',
    500: '#c8ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3c;
$custom-light: #dcc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3C

secondary

#919DCF

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3C

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

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