#C8AE5A#C8AE5A

#C8AE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE5A
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -1.06, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 46.04, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0047 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.108 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8025, 43.2916, 15.8778)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE5A #5A74C8

analogous

#C8775A #C8AE5A #ABC85A

triadic

#C8AE5A #5AC8AE #AE5AC8

tetradic

#C8AE5A #5AC877 #5A74C8 #C85AAB

square

#C8AE5A #5AC877 #5A74C8 #C85AAB

split-complementary

#C8AE5A #5AABC8 #775AC8

monochromatic

#7E6A2A #AC9139 #C8AE5A #D7C588 #E7DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8AE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE5A

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE5A	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58b',
    500: '#c8ae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae5a;
$custom-light: #dbc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE5A

secondary

#A8B3D5

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE5A

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

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