#C8AE3E#C8AE3E

#C8AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE3E
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -2.95, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 58.51, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0135 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8269, 42.9013, 10.7395)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE3E #3E58C8

analogous

#C8693E #C8AE3E #9DC83E

triadic

#C8AE3E #3EC8AE #AE3EC8

tetradic

#C8AE3E #3EC869 #3E58C8 #C83E9D

square

#C8AE3E #3EC869 #3E58C8 #C83E9D

split-complementary

#C8AE3E #3E9DC8 #693EC8

monochromatic

#6D5E1F #9C872D #C8AE3E #D6C26E #E3D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE3E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c8ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae3e;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75325,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE3E

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE3E

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

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