#C8AE4F#C8AE4F

#C8AE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE4F
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -1.90, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 51.18, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0084 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.118 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3685, 43.1180, 13.5919)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE4F #4F69C8

analogous

#C8714F #C8AE4F #A6C84F

triadic

#C8AE4F #4FC8AE #AE4FC8

tetradic

#C8AE4F #4FC871 #4F69C8 #C84FA6

square

#C8AE4F #4FC871 #4F69C8 #C84FA6

split-complementary

#C8AE4F #4FA6C8 #714FC8

monochromatic

#776625 #A68D34 #C8AE4F #D7C37E #E5D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C8AE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE4F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE4F	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)

#BEAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc584',
    500: '#c8ae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae4f;
$custom-light: #dcc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE4F

secondary

#A0ABD3

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE4F

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

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