#C8AC41#C8AC41

#C8AC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC41
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -1.73, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 56.69, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0096 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.128 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5280, 42.1682, 11.0572)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC41 #415DC8

analogous

#C86941 #C8AC41 #A0C841

triadic

#C8AC41 #41C8AC #AC41C8

tetradic

#C8AC41 #41C869 #415DC8 #C841A0

square

#C8AC41 #41C869 #415DC8 #C841A0

split-complementary

#C8AC41 #41A0C8 #6941C8

monochromatic

#6F5E20 #9E872E #C8AC41 #D6C170 #E3D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C8AC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC41

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC41	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)

#BDA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47b',
    500: '#c8ac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac41;
$custom-light: #dcc47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC41

secondary

#95A1D0

accent

#68DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC41

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

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