#C8AC57#C8AC57

#C8AC57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AC57
RGB	rgb(200, 172, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -0.24, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 46.84, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0027 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.11 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2939, 42.4745, 15.0910)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AC57 #5773C8

analogous

#C87457 #C8AC57 #ACC857

triadic

#C8AC57 #57C8AC #AC57C8

tetradic

#C8AC57 #57C874 #5773C8 #C857AC

square

#C8AC57 #57C874 #5773C8 #C857AC

split-complementary

#C8AC57 #57ACC8 #7457C8

monochromatic

#7C6729 #AA8E38 #C8AC57 #D7C385 #E6DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C8AC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AC57

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AC57	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ac57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 172, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc489',
    500: '#c8ac57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ac57;
$custom-light: #dbc489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ac57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AC57

secondary

#A6B2D5

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AC57

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

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