#C8AE44#C8AE44

#C8AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE44
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -2.61, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 56.02, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0118 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0007, 42.9709, 11.6550)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE44 #445EC8

analogous

#C86C44 #C8AE44 #A0C844

triadic

#C8AE44 #44C8AE #AE44C8

tetradic

#C8AE44 #44C86C #445EC8 #C844A0

square

#C8AE44 #44C86C #445EC8 #C844A0

split-complementary

#C8AE44 #44A0C8 #6C44C8

monochromatic

#716121 #A08A2F #C8AE44 #D6C273 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C8AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE44

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE44	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)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57d',
    500: '#c8ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae44;
$custom-light: #dcc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE44

secondary

#97A3D1

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE44

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

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