#C8AE55#C8AE55

#C8AE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE55
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -1.45, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 48.40, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0064 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.113 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5968, 43.2093, 14.7944)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE55 #556FC8

analogous

#C87455 #C8AE55 #A8C855

triadic

#C8AE55 #55C8AE #AE55C8

tetradic

#C8AE55 #55C874 #556FC8 #C855A8

square

#C8AE55 #55C874 #556FC8 #C855A8

split-complementary

#C8AE55 #55A8C8 #7455C8

monochromatic

#7B6828 #A98F37 #C8AE55 #D7C483 #E6DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE55

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE55	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)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc588',
    500: '#c8ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae55;
$custom-light: #dbc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE55

secondary

#A5AFD4

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE55

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

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