#C8AC3E#C8AC3E

#C8AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3E
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -1.89, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 57.93, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0104 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4434, 42.1343, 10.6117)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3E #3E5AC8

analogous

#C8673E #C8AC3E #9FC83E

triadic

#C8AC3E #3EC8AC #AC3EC8

tetradic

#C8AC3E #3EC867 #3E5AC8 #C83E9F

square

#C8AC3E #3EC867 #3E5AC8 #C83E9F

split-complementary

#C8AC3E #3E9FC8 #673EC8

monochromatic

#6D5D1F #9C862D #C8AC3E #D6C06E #E3D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc479',
    500: '#c8ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3e;
$custom-light: #dcc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3E

secondary

#929FCF

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3E

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

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