#C8AC52#C8AC52

#C8AC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC52
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -0.62, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 49.18, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0044 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.114 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0967, 42.3956, 14.0522)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC52 #526EC8

analogous

#C87152 #C8AC52 #A9C852

triadic

#C8AC52 #52C8AC #AC52C8

tetradic

#C8AC52 #52C871 #526EC8 #C852A9

square

#C8AC52 #52C871 #526EC8 #C852A9

split-complementary

#C8AC52 #52A9C8 #7152C8

monochromatic

#796527 #A88C35 #C8AC52 #D7C280 #E6D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C8AC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC52

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC52	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc485',
    500: '#c8ac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac52;
$custom-light: #dbc485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC52

secondary

#A2AED4

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC52

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

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