#C8AE33#C8AE33

#C8AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE33
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -3.48, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 62.71, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0162 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5550, 42.7926, 9.3077)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE33 #334DC8

analogous

#C86333 #C8AE33 #98C833

triadic

#C8AE33 #33C8AE #AE33C8

tetradic

#C8AE33 #33C863 #334DC8 #C83398

square

#C8AE33 #33C863 #334DC8 #C83398

split-complementary

#C8AE33 #3398C8 #6333C8

monochromatic

#66591A #978427 #C8AE33 #D7C261 #E3D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE33

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE33	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc573',
    500: '#c8ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae33;
$custom-light: #ddc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75243,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE33

secondary

#8995CE

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE33

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

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