#C8AE45#C8AE45

#C8AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE45
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -2.55, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 55.60, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0115 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.126 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0315, 42.9832, 11.8171)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE45 #455FC8

analogous

#C86D45 #C8AE45 #A0C845

triadic

#C8AE45 #45C8AE #AE45C8

tetradic

#C8AE45 #45C86D #455FC8 #C845A0

square

#C8AE45 #45C86D #455FC8 #C845A0

split-complementary

#C8AE45 #45A0C8 #6D45C8

monochromatic

#716121 #A08A2F #C8AE45 #D6C374 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE45

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE45	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57e',
    500: '#c8ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae45;
$custom-light: #dcc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE45

secondary

#98A3D1

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE45

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

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