#C8AC4D#C8AC4D

#C8AC4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4D
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -0.98, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 51.47, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.006 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.119 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9133, 42.3223, 13.0864)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4D #4D69C8

analogous

#C86E4D #C8AC4D #A7C84D

triadic

#C8AC4D #4DC8AC #AC4DC8

tetradic

#C8AC4D #4DC86E #4D69C8 #C84DA7

square

#C8AC4D #4DC86E #4D69C8 #C84DA7

split-complementary

#C8AC4D #4DA7C8 #6E4DC8

monochromatic

#766424 #A58B33 #C8AC4D #D6C27C #E5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C8AC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4D	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)

#BDA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc482',
    500: '#c8ac4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4d;
$custom-light: #dcc482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4D

secondary

#9EAAD2

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4D

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

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