#C8AE3F#C8AE3F

#C8AE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE3F
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -2.90, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 58.10, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0132 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8546, 42.9124, 10.8853)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE3F #3F59C8

analogous

#C86A3F #C8AE3F #9EC83F

triadic

#C8AE3F #3FC8AE #AE3FC8

tetradic

#C8AE3F #3FC86A #3F59C8 #C83F9E

square

#C8AE3F #3FC86A #3F59C8 #C83F9E

split-complementary

#C8AE3F #3F9EC8 #6A3FC8

monochromatic

#6D5E1F #9D882D #C8AE3F #D6C26F #E3D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE3F

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE3F	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)

#BFAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57a',
    500: '#c8ae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae3f;
$custom-light: #dcc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75333,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE3F

secondary

#939FD0

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE3F

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

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