#C8AF32#C8AF32

#C8AF32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF32
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 75%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -4.05, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 63.34, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0179 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7271, 43.1717, 9.2574)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF32 #324BC8

analogous

#C86432 #C8AF32 #96C832

triadic

#C8AF32 #32C8AF #AF32C8

tetradic

#C8AF32 #32C864 #324BC8 #C83296

square

#C8AF32 #32C864 #324BC8 #C83296

split-complementary

#C8AF32 #3296C8 #6432C8

monochromatic

#66591A #978426 #C8AF32 #D7C360 #E3D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF32

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF32	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc673',
    500: '#c8af32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af32;
$custom-light: #ddc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF32

secondary

#8893CE

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF32

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

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