#C8AE54#C8AE54

#C8AE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE54
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 58%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -1.53, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 48.87, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0068 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.114 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5574, 43.1935, 14.5867)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE54 #546EC8

analogous

#C87454 #C8AE54 #A8C854

triadic

#C8AE54 #54C8AE #AE54C8

tetradic

#C8AE54 #54C874 #546EC8 #C854A8

square

#C8AE54 #54C874 #546EC8 #C854A8

split-complementary

#C8AE54 #54A8C8 #7454C8

monochromatic

#7A6827 #A98F36 #C8AE54 #D7C482 #E6DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8AE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE54

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE54	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)

#BEAB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc587',
    500: '#c8ae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae54;
$custom-light: #dbc587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE54

secondary

#A4AFD4

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE54

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

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