#C8AC40#C8AC40

#C8AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC40
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -1.78, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 57.11, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0099 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4993, 42.1567, 10.9060)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC40 #405CC8

analogous

#C86840 #C8AC40 #A0C840

triadic

#C8AC40 #40C8AC #AC40C8

tetradic

#C8AC40 #40C868 #405CC8 #C840A0

square

#C8AC40 #40C868 #405CC8 #C840A0

split-complementary

#C8AC40 #40A0C8 #6840C8

monochromatic

#6E5E20 #9D862D #C8AC40 #D6C170 #E3D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC40

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC40	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)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47a',
    500: '#c8ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac40;
$custom-light: #dcc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC40

secondary

#94A0D0

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC40

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

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