#C8AC47#C8AC47

#C8AC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC47
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -1.37, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 54.13, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0079 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.123 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7111, 42.2414, 12.0217)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC47 #4763C8

analogous

#C86B47 #C8AC47 #A3C847

triadic

#C8AC47 #47C8AC #AC47C8

tetradic

#C8AC47 #47C86B #4763C8 #C847A3

square

#C8AC47 #47C86B #4763C8 #C847A3

split-complementary

#C8AC47 #47A3C8 #6B47C8

monochromatic

#726122 #A28930 #C8AC47 #D6C176 #E4D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8AC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC47

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC47	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)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47f',
    500: '#c8ac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac47;
$custom-light: #dcc47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC47

secondary

#9AA6D1

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC47

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

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