#C8AC42#C8AC42

#C8AC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC42
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -1.67, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 56.28, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0093 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.127 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5572, 42.1799, 11.2111)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC42 #425EC8

analogous

#C86942 #C8AC42 #A1C842

triadic

#C8AC42 #42C8AC #AC42C8

tetradic

#C8AC42 #42C869 #425EC8 #C842A1

square

#C8AC42 #42C869 #425EC8 #C842A1

split-complementary

#C8AC42 #42A1C8 #6942C8

monochromatic

#6F5F20 #9F872E #C8AC42 #D6C171 #E4D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8AC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC42

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC42	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47c',
    500: '#c8ac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac42;
$custom-light: #dcc47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC42

secondary

#96A2D0

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC42

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

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