#C8AE43#C8AE43

#C8AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE43
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -2.67, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 56.45, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0121 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9705, 42.9588, 11.4956)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE43 #435DC8

analogous

#C86C43 #C8AE43 #9FC843

triadic

#C8AE43 #43C8AE #AE43C8

tetradic

#C8AE43 #43C86C #435DC8 #C8439F

square

#C8AE43 #43C86C #435DC8 #C8439F

split-complementary

#C8AE43 #439FC8 #6C43C8

monochromatic

#706021 #9F892F #C8AE43 #D6C272 #E4D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE43

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE43	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57c',
    500: '#c8ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae43;
$custom-light: #dcc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE43

secondary

#96A2D0

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE43

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

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