#C8AE53#C8AE53

#C8AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE53
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -1.61, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 49.34, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0071 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.115 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5185, 43.1780, 14.3819)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE53 #536DC8

analogous

#C87353 #C8AE53 #A7C853

triadic

#C8AE53 #53C8AE #AE53C8

tetradic

#C8AE53 #53C873 #536DC8 #C853A7

square

#C8AE53 #53C873 #536DC8 #C853A7

split-complementary

#C8AE53 #53A7C8 #7353C8

monochromatic

#7A6727 #A88F36 #C8AE53 #D7C481 #E6DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE53

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE53	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc586',
    500: '#c8ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae53;
$custom-light: #dbc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75534,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE53

secondary

#A3AED4

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE53

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

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