#C8AC4E#C8AC4E

#C8AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4E
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -0.91, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 51.02, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0057 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.118 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9489, 42.3365, 13.2738)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4E #4E6AC8

analogous

#C86F4E #C8AC4E #A7C84E

triadic

#C8AC4E #4EC8AC #AC4EC8

tetradic

#C8AC4E #4EC86F #4E6AC8 #C84EA7

square

#C8AC4E #4EC86F #4E6AC8 #C84EA7

split-complementary

#C8AC4E #4EA7C8 #6F4EC8

monochromatic

#776425 #A58B33 #C8AC4E #D7C27D #E5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C8AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4E	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc483',
    500: '#c8ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4e;
$custom-light: #dcc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4E

secondary

#9FABD3

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4E

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

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