#C8AC46#C8AC46

#C8AC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC46
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -1.43, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 54.57, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0082 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.124 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6793, 42.2287, 11.8541)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC46 #4662C8

analogous

#C86B46 #C8AC46 #A3C846

triadic

#C8AC46 #46C8AC #AC46C8

tetradic

#C8AC46 #46C86B #4662C8 #C846A3

square

#C8AC46 #46C86B #4662C8 #C846A3

split-complementary

#C8AC46 #46A3C8 #6B46C8

monochromatic

#726122 #A18930 #C8AC46 #D6C175 #E4D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8AC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC46

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC46	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47e',
    500: '#c8ac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac46;
$custom-light: #dcc47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74982,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC46

secondary

#99A5D1

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC46

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

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