#C8AE48#C8AE48

#C8AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.124 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE48
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -2.36, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 54.30, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0106 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.124 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1270, 43.0214, 12.3200)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE48 #4862C8

analogous

#C86E48 #C8AE48 #A2C848

triadic

#C8AE48 #48C8AE #AE48C8

tetradic

#C8AE48 #48C86E #4862C8 #C848A2

square

#C8AE48 #48C86E #4862C8 #C848A2

split-complementary

#C8AE48 #48A2C8 #6E48C8

monochromatic

#736323 #A28B31 #C8AE48 #D6C377 #E4D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C8AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE48

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE48	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)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.124 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57f',
    500: '#c8ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae48;
$custom-light: #dcc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75416,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE48

secondary

#9AA6D1

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE48

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

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