#C8AC45#C8AC45

#C8AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC45
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -1.49, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 55.00, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0085 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.125 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6480, 42.2162, 11.6892)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC45 #4561C8

analogous

#C86B45 #C8AC45 #A2C845

triadic

#C8AC45 #45C8AC #AC45C8

tetradic

#C8AC45 #45C86B #4561C8 #C845A2

square

#C8AC45 #45C86B #4561C8 #C845A2

split-complementary

#C8AC45 #45A2C8 #6B45C8

monochromatic

#716021 #A0882F #C8AC45 #D6C174 #E4D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C8AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC45

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47d',
    500: '#c8ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac45;
$custom-light: #dcc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74973,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC45

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC45

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

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