#C8AC3D#C8AC3D

#C8AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3D
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -1.95, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 58.33, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0107 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.131 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4162, 42.1235, 10.4685)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3D #3D59C8

analogous

#C8663D #C8AC3D #9EC83D

triadic

#C8AC3D #3DC8AC #AC3DC8

tetradic

#C8AC3D #3DC866 #3D59C8 #C83D9E

square

#C8AC3D #3DC866 #3D59C8 #C83D9E

split-complementary

#C8AC3D #3D9EC8 #663DC8

monochromatic

#6C5C1F #9C852C #C8AC3D #D6C06D #E3D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C8AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3D	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)

#BEA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc479',
    500: '#c8ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3d;
$custom-light: #dcc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3D

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3D

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

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