#C8AE50#C8AE50

#C8AE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE50
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -1.82, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 50.72, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0081 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.117 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4052, 43.1326, 13.7850)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE50 #506AC8

analogous

#C87250 #C8AE50 #A6C850

triadic

#C8AE50 #50C8AE #AE50C8

tetradic

#C8AE50 #50C872 #506AC8 #C850A6

square

#C8AE50 #50C872 #506AC8 #C850A6

split-complementary

#C8AE50 #50A6C8 #7250C8

monochromatic

#786626 #A68E34 #C8AE50 #D7C47F #E5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE50

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE50	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc584',
    500: '#c8ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae50;
$custom-light: #dcc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75499,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE50

secondary

#A1ACD3

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE50

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

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