#C8AE56#C8AE56

#C8AE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE56
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -1.38, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 47.93, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0061 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.112 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6368, 43.2253, 15.0051)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE56 #5670C8

analogous

#C87556 #C8AE56 #A9C856

triadic

#C8AE56 #56C8AE #AE56C8

tetradic

#C8AE56 #56C875 #5670C8 #C856A9

square

#C8AE56 #56C875 #5670C8 #C856A9

split-complementary

#C8AE56 #56A9C8 #7556C8

monochromatic

#7B6828 #AA9037 #C8AE56 #D7C484 #E6DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE56

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE56	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)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc588',
    500: '#c8ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae56;
$custom-light: #dbc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE56

secondary

#A5B0D4

accent

#6EDA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE56

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

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