#C8AC4A#C8AC4A

#C8AC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4A
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -1.18, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 52.81, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.007 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.121 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8098, 42.2809, 12.5414)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4A #4A66C8

analogous

#C86D4A #C8AC4A #A5C84A

triadic

#C8AC4A #4AC8AC #AC4AC8

tetradic

#C8AC4A #4AC86D #4A66C8 #C84AA5

square

#C8AC4A #4AC86D #4A66C8 #C84AA5

split-complementary

#C8AC4A #4AA5C8 #6D4AC8

monochromatic

#746223 #A38A32 #C8AC4A #D6C279 #E5D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C8AC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4A	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc480',
    500: '#c8ac4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4a;
$custom-light: #dcc480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4A

secondary

#9CA8D2

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4A

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

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