#C8AE47#C8AE47

#C8AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE47
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -2.43, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 54.73, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0109 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(40.0947, 43.0084, 12.1496)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE47 #4761C8

analogous

#C86D47 #C8AE47 #A1C847

triadic

#C8AE47 #47C8AE #AE47C8

tetradic

#C8AE47 #47C86D #4761C8 #C847A1

square

#C8AE47 #47C86D #4761C8 #C847A1

split-complementary

#C8AE47 #47A1C8 #6D47C8

monochromatic

#726222 #A28B30 #C8AE47 #D6C376 #E4D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE47

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE47	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57f',
    500: '#c8ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae47;
$custom-light: #dcc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.43006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE47

secondary

#9AA5D1

accent

#68DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE47

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

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