#C8AE40#C8AE40

#C8AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE40
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -2.84, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 57.69, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0129 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8828, 42.9237, 11.0339)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE40 #405AC8

analogous

#C86A40 #C8AE40 #9EC840

triadic

#C8AE40 #40C8AE #AE40C8

tetradic

#C8AE40 #40C86A #405AC8 #C8409E

square

#C8AE40 #40C86A #405AC8 #C8409E

split-complementary

#C8AE40 #409EC8 #6A40C8

monochromatic

#6E5F20 #9D882D #C8AE40 #D6C270 #E3D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE40

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE40	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)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57b',
    500: '#c8ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae40;
$custom-light: #dcc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75342,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE40

secondary

#949FD0

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE40

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

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