#C8AC43#C8AC43

#C8AC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC43
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -1.61, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 55.85, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0091 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5870, 42.1918, 11.3678)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC43 #435FC8

analogous

#C86943 #C8AC43 #A2C843

triadic

#C8AC43 #43C8AC #AC43C8

tetradic

#C8AC43 #43C869 #435FC8 #C843A2

square

#C8AC43 #43C869 #435FC8 #C843A2

split-complementary

#C8AC43 #43A2C8 #6943C8

monochromatic

#705F21 #9F882F #C8AC43 #D6C172 #E4D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C8AC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8AC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC43

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC43	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)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47c',
    500: '#c8ac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac43;
$custom-light: #dcc47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC43

secondary

#96A3D0

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC43

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

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