#C8AC44#C8AC44

#C8AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC44
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -1.55, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 55.43, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0088 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.126 94)
XYZ	xyz(39.6172, 42.2039, 11.5271)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC44 #4460C8

analogous

#C86A44 #C8AC44 #A2C844

triadic

#C8AC44 #44C8AC #AC44C8

tetradic

#C8AC44 #44C86A #4460C8 #C844A2

square

#C8AC44 #44C86A #4460C8 #C844A2

split-complementary

#C8AC44 #44A2C8 #6A44C8

monochromatic

#716021 #A0882F #C8AC44 #D6C173 #E4D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC44

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC44	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47d',
    500: '#c8ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac44;
$custom-light: #dcc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74963,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC44

secondary

#97A3D1

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC44

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

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