#C8AC4B#C8AC4B

#C8AC4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4B
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -1.11, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 52.37, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0066 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.12 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8438, 42.2945, 12.7202)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4B #4B67C8

analogous

#C86E4B #C8AC4B #A6C84B

triadic

#C8AC4B #4BC8AC #AC4BC8

tetradic

#C8AC4B #4BC86E #4B67C8 #C84BA6

square

#C8AC4B #4BC86E #4B67C8 #C84BA6

split-complementary

#C8AC4B #4BA6C8 #6E4BC8

monochromatic

#756324 #A48A32 #C8AC4B #D6C27A #E5D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C8AC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4B	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)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc481',
    500: '#c8ac4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4b;
$custom-light: #dcc481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4B

secondary

#9DA9D2

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4B

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

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