#C8AE57#C8AE57

#C8AE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE57
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -1.30, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 47.46, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0057 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.111 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.6774, 43.2415, 15.2188)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE57 #5771C8

analogous

#C87657 #C8AE57 #AAC857

triadic

#C8AE57 #57C8AE #AE57C8

tetradic

#C8AE57 #57C876 #5771C8 #C857AA

square

#C8AE57 #57C876 #5771C8 #C857AA

split-complementary

#C8AE57 #57AAC8 #7657C8

monochromatic

#7C6929 #AA9038 #C8AE57 #D7C485 #E6DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE57

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE57	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc589',
    500: '#c8ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae57;
$custom-light: #dbc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE57

secondary

#A6B1D5

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE57

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

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