#C8AC49#C8AC49

#C8AC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC49
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -1.24, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 53.26, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0073 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.122 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7764, 42.2675, 12.3654)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC49 #4965C8

analogous

#C86C49 #C8AC49 #A4C849

triadic

#C8AC49 #49C8AC #AC49C8

tetradic

#C8AC49 #49C86C #4965C8 #C849A4

square

#C8AC49 #49C86C #4965C8 #C849A4

split-complementary

#C8AC49 #49A4C8 #6C49C8

monochromatic

#746223 #A38A31 #C8AC49 #D6C178 #E4D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C8AC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC49

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc480',
    500: '#c8ac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac49;
$custom-light: #dcc480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC49

secondary

#9BA7D2

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC49

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

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