#C8AE59#C8AE59

#C8AE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE59
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -1.14, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 46.52, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.005 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.109 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7603, 43.2747, 15.6551)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE59 #5973C8

analogous

#C87759 #C8AE59 #ABC859

triadic

#C8AE59 #59C8AE #AE59C8

tetradic

#C8AE59 #59C877 #5973C8 #C859AB

square

#C8AE59 #59C877 #5973C8 #C859AB

split-complementary

#C8AE59 #59ABC8 #7759C8

monochromatic

#7D6A29 #AB9039 #C8AE59 #D7C487 #E6DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE59

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE59	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)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58a',
    500: '#c8ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae59;
$custom-light: #dbc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE59

secondary

#A8B2D5

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE59

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

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