#C8AE51#C8AE51

#C8AE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE51
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -1.75, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 50.26, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0078 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.117 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4424, 43.1475, 13.9811)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE51 #516BC8

analogous

#C87351 #C8AE51 #A6C851

triadic

#C8AE51 #51C8AE #AE51C8

tetradic

#C8AE51 #51C873 #516BC8 #C851A6

square

#C8AE51 #51C873 #516BC8 #C851A6

split-complementary

#C8AE51 #51A6C8 #7351C8

monochromatic

#796726 #A78E35 #C8AE51 #D7C480 #E5D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE51

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE51	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)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc585',
    500: '#c8ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae51;
$custom-light: #dcc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE51

secondary

#A1ACD3

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE51

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →