#C8AC4C#C8AC4C

#C8AC4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4C
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -1.04, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 51.92, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0063 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.119 93)
XYZ	xyz(39.8783, 42.3083, 12.9019)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4C #4C68C8

analogous

#C86E4C #C8AC4C #A6C84C

triadic

#C8AC4C #4CC8AC #AC4CC8

tetradic

#C8AC4C #4CC86E #4C68C8 #C84CA6

square

#C8AC4C #4CC86E #4C68C8 #C84CA6

split-complementary

#C8AC4C #4CA6C8 #6E4CC8

monochromatic

#756324 #A48B32 #C8AC4C #D6C27B #E5D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C8AC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4C

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4C	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)

#BDA942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc482',
    500: '#c8ac4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4c;
$custom-light: #dcc482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75043,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4C

secondary

#9EA9D2

accent

#6CDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4C

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

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