#C8AE4D#C8AE4D

#C8AE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4D
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -2.03, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 52.08, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0091 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.12 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2968, 43.0893, 13.2142)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4D #4D67C8

analogous

#C8714D #C8AE4D #A5C84D

triadic

#C8AE4D #4DC8AE #AE4DC8

tetradic

#C8AE4D #4DC871 #4D67C8 #C84DA5

square

#C8AE4D #4DC871 #4D67C8 #C84DA5

split-complementary

#C8AE4D #4DA5C8 #714DC8

monochromatic

#766524 #A58D33 #C8AE4D #D6C37C #E5D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4D	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc582',
    500: '#c8ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4d;
$custom-light: #dcc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75467,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4D

secondary

#9EA9D2

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4D

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

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