#C8AE49#C8AE49

#C8AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE49
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -2.30, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 53.86, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0103 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.123 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1599, 43.0345, 12.4932)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE49 #4963C8

analogous

#C86E49 #C8AE49 #A2C849

triadic

#C8AE49 #49C8AE #AE49C8

tetradic

#C8AE49 #49C86E #4963C8 #C849A2

square

#C8AE49 #49C86E #4963C8 #C849A2

split-complementary

#C8AE49 #49A2C8 #6E49C8

monochromatic

#746323 #A38B31 #C8AE49 #D6C378 #E4D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE49

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE49	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc580',
    500: '#c8ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae49;
$custom-light: #dcc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE49

secondary

#9BA6D2

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE49

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

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