#C8AE42#C8AE42

#C8AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE42
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -2.73, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 56.86, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0124 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.129 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9407, 42.9469, 11.3390)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE42 #425CC8

analogous

#C86B42 #C8AE42 #9FC842

triadic

#C8AE42 #42C8AE #AE42C8

tetradic

#C8AE42 #42C86B #425CC8 #C8429F

square

#C8AE42 #42C86B #425CC8 #C8429F

split-complementary

#C8AE42 #429FC8 #6B42C8

monochromatic

#6F6020 #9F892E #C8AE42 #D6C271 #E4D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE42

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE42	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57c',
    500: '#c8ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae42;
$custom-light: #dcc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE42

secondary

#96A1D0

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE42

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

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