#C8AE4E#C8AE4E

#C8AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4E
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -1.97, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 51.63, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0087 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.119 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3324, 43.1035, 13.4016)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4E #4E68C8

analogous

#C8714E #C8AE4E #A5C84E

triadic

#C8AE4E #4EC8AE #AE4EC8

tetradic

#C8AE4E #4EC871 #4E68C8 #C84EA5

square

#C8AE4E #4EC871 #4E68C8 #C84EA5

split-complementary

#C8AE4E #4EA5C8 #714EC8

monochromatic

#776525 #A58D33 #C8AE4E #D7C37D #E5D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4E	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)

#BEAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc583',
    500: '#c8ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4e;
$custom-light: #dcc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4E

secondary

#9FAAD3

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4E

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

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