#C8AE46#C8AE46

#C8AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE46
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -2.49, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 55.17, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0112 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0628, 42.9957, 11.9819)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE46 #4660C8

analogous

#C86D46 #C8AE46 #A1C846

triadic

#C8AE46 #46C8AE #AE46C8

tetradic

#C8AE46 #46C86D #4660C8 #C846A1

square

#C8AE46 #46C86D #4660C8 #C846A1

split-complementary

#C8AE46 #46A1C8 #6D46C8

monochromatic

#726222 #A18A30 #C8AE46 #D6C375 #E4D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE46

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57e',
    500: '#c8ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae46;
$custom-light: #dcc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75396,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE46

secondary

#99A4D1

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE46

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

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