#C8AE4A#C8AE4A

#C8AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4A
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -2.24, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 53.42, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.01 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1933, 43.0479, 12.6692)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4A #4A64C8

analogous

#C86F4A #C8AE4A #A3C84A

triadic

#C8AE4A #4AC8AE #AE4AC8

tetradic

#C8AE4A #4AC86F #4A64C8 #C84AA3

square

#C8AE4A #4AC86F #4A64C8 #C84AA3

split-complementary

#C8AE4A #4AA3C8 #6F4AC8

monochromatic

#746423 #A38C32 #C8AE4A #D6C379 #E5D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4A	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc581',
    500: '#c8ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4a;
$custom-light: #dcc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4A

secondary

#9CA7D2

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4A

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

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