#C8AE41#C8AE41

#C8AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE41
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -2.78, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 57.28, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0126 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9115, 42.9352, 11.1851)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE41 #415BC8

analogous

#C86A41 #C8AE41 #9FC841

triadic

#C8AE41 #41C8AE #AE41C8

tetradic

#C8AE41 #41C86A #415BC8 #C8419F

square

#C8AE41 #41C86A #415BC8 #C8419F

split-complementary

#C8AE41 #419FC8 #6A41C8

monochromatic

#6F5F20 #9E882E #C8AE41 #D6C270 #E3D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE41

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE41	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57b',
    500: '#c8ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae41;
$custom-light: #dcc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE41

secondary

#95A0D0

accent

#66DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE41

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

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