#C8AE4B#C8AE4B

#C8AE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4B
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -2.17, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 52.98, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0097 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.122 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2273, 43.0615, 12.8480)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4B #4B65C8

analogous

#C8704B #C8AE4B #A4C84B

triadic

#C8AE4B #4BC8AE #AE4BC8

tetradic

#C8AE4B #4BC870 #4B65C8 #C84BA4

square

#C8AE4B #4BC870 #4B65C8 #C84BA4

split-complementary

#C8AE4B #4BA4C8 #704BC8

monochromatic

#756424 #A48C32 #C8AE4B #D6C37A #E5D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8AE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4B	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc581',
    500: '#c8ae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4b;
$custom-light: #dcc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4B

secondary

#9DA8D2

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4B

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

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