#C8AE4C#C8AE4C

#C8AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4C
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -2.10, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 52.53, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0094 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.121 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2618, 43.0753, 13.0297)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4C #4C66C8

analogous

#C8704C #C8AE4C #A4C84C

triadic

#C8AE4C #4CC8AE #AE4CC8

tetradic

#C8AE4C #4CC870 #4C66C8 #C84CA4

square

#C8AE4C #4CC870 #4C66C8 #C84CA4

split-complementary

#C8AE4C #4CA4C8 #704CC8

monochromatic

#756424 #A48C32 #C8AE4C #D6C37B #E5D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C8AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4C

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4C	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)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc582',
    500: '#c8ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4c;
$custom-light: #dcc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4C

secondary

#9EA9D2

accent

#6ADC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4C

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

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