#C8AC3F#C8AC3F

#C8AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC3F
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -1.84, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 57.52, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0102 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4711, 42.1454, 10.7575)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC3F #3F5BC8

analogous

#C8683F #C8AC3F #A0C83F

triadic

#C8AC3F #3FC8AC #AC3FC8

tetradic

#C8AC3F #3FC868 #3F5BC8 #C83FA0

square

#C8AC3F #3FC868 #3F5BC8 #C83FA0

split-complementary

#C8AC3F #3FA0C8 #683FC8

monochromatic

#6D5D1F #9D862D #C8AC3F #D6C16F #E3D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC3F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC3F	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)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47a',
    500: '#c8ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac3f;
$custom-light: #dcc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74919,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC3F

secondary

#93A0D0

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC3F

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

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