#C8AE3B#C8AE3B

#C8AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE3B
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -3.11, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 59.70, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0143 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7469, 42.8693, 10.3179)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE3B #3B55C8

analogous

#C8673B #C8AE3B #9BC83B

triadic

#C8AE3B #3BC8AE #AE3BC8

tetradic

#C8AE3B #3BC867 #3B55C8 #C83B9B

square

#C8AE3B #3BC867 #3B55C8 #C83B9B

split-complementary

#C8AE3B #3B9BC8 #673BC8

monochromatic

#6B5D1E #9A862B #C8AE3B #D5C26B #E3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C8AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE3B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE3B	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc578',
    500: '#c8ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae3b;
$custom-light: #dcc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75301,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE3B

secondary

#909CCF

accent

#64DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE3B

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

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