#C8AE52#C8AE52

#C8AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE52
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -1.68, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 49.80, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0074 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.116 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4802, 43.1626, 14.1800)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE52 #526CC8

analogous

#C87352 #C8AE52 #A7C852

triadic

#C8AE52 #52C8AE #AE52C8

tetradic

#C8AE52 #52C873 #526CC8 #C852A7

square

#C8AE52 #52C873 #526CC8 #C852A7

split-complementary

#C8AE52 #52A7C8 #7352C8

monochromatic

#796727 #A88E35 #C8AE52 #D7C480 #E6D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE52

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE52	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)

#BEAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc586',
    500: '#c8ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae52;
$custom-light: #dbc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE52

secondary

#A2ADD4

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE52

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

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