#C8AC48#C8AC48

#C8AC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC48
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -1.31, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 53.70, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0076 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7435, 42.2544, 12.1921)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC48 #4864C8

analogous

#C86C48 #C8AC48 #A4C848

triadic

#C8AC48 #48C8AC #AC48C8

tetradic

#C8AC48 #48C86C #4864C8 #C848A4

square

#C8AC48 #48C86C #4864C8 #C848A4

split-complementary

#C8AC48 #48A4C8 #6C48C8

monochromatic

#736123 #A28931 #C8AC48 #D6C177 #E4D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8AC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC48

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC48	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)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc47f',
    500: '#c8ac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac48;
$custom-light: #dcc47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC48

secondary

#9AA6D1

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC48

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

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