#C8AC4F#C8AC4F

#C8AC4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC4F
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -0.84, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 50.56, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0054 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.117 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9850, 42.3510, 13.4640)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC4F #4F6BC8

analogous

#C8704F #C8AC4F #A7C84F

triadic

#C8AC4F #4FC8AC #AC4FC8

tetradic

#C8AC4F #4FC870 #4F6BC8 #C84FA7

square

#C8AC4F #4FC870 #4F6BC8 #C84FA7

split-complementary

#C8AC4F #4FA7C8 #704FC8

monochromatic

#776425 #A68C34 #C8AC4F #D7C27E #E5D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C8AC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC4F

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC4F	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)

#BDA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc484',
    500: '#c8ac4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac4f;
$custom-light: #dcc484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC4F

secondary

#A0ACD3

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC4F

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

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