#C8AE3D#C8AE3D

#C8AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE3D
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -3.00, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 58.91, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0137 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.7997, 42.8905, 10.5963)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE3D #3D57C8

analogous

#C8683D #C8AE3D #9CC83D

triadic

#C8AE3D #3DC8AE #AE3DC8

tetradic

#C8AE3D #3DC868 #3D57C8 #C83D9C

square

#C8AE3D #3DC868 #3D57C8 #C83D9C

split-complementary

#C8AE3D #3D9CC8 #683DC8

monochromatic

#6C5E1F #9C872C #C8AE3D #D6C26D #E3D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE3D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE3D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c8ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae3d;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75317,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE3D

secondary

#929DCF

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE3D

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

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