#C8AE3C#C8AE3C

#C8AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE3C
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -3.06, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 59.31, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.014 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.7730, 42.8798, 10.4558)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE3C #3C56C8

analogous

#C8683C #C8AE3C #9CC83C

triadic

#C8AE3C #3CC8AE #AE3CC8

tetradic

#C8AE3C #3CC868 #3C56C8 #C83C9C

square

#C8AE3C #3CC868 #3C56C8 #C83C9C

split-complementary

#C8AE3C #3C9CC8 #683CC8

monochromatic

#6B5D1E #9B862C #C8AE3C #D5C26C #E3D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE3C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE3C	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc578',
    500: '#c8ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae3c;
$custom-light: #dcc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE3C

secondary

#919CCF

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE3C

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

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