#C8AE5E#C8AE5E

#C8AE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE5E
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -0.72, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 44.12, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0032 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.105 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9774, 43.3615, 16.7987)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE5E #5E78C8

analogous

#C8795E #C8AE5E #ADC85E

triadic

#C8AE5E #5EC8AE #AE5EC8

tetradic

#C8AE5E #5EC879 #5E78C8 #C85EAD

square

#C8AE5E #5EC879 #5E78C8 #C85EAD

split-complementary

#C8AE5E #5EADC8 #795EC8

monochromatic

#806B2C #AE913B #C8AE5E #D8C58C #E7DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8AE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE5E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE5E	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58d',
    500: '#c8ae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae5e;
$custom-light: #dbc58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75672,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE5E

secondary

#ACB6D6

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE5E

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

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