#C8AE34#C8AE34

#C8AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE34
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -3.44, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 62.35, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.016 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5773, 42.8015, 9.4250)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE34 #344EC8

analogous

#C86434 #C8AE34 #98C834

triadic

#C8AE34 #34C8AE #AE34C8

tetradic

#C8AE34 #34C864 #344EC8 #C83498

square

#C8AE34 #34C864 #344EC8 #C83498

split-complementary

#C8AE34 #3498C8 #6434C8

monochromatic

#67591B #978427 #C8AE34 #D6C263 #E3D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE34

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE34	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)

#C0AA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc574',
    500: '#c8ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae34;
$custom-light: #ddc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7525,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE34

secondary

#8A96CE

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE34

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

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