#C8AF34#C8AF34

#C8AF34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF34
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -3.97, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 62.63, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0175 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.139 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7712, 43.1893, 9.4897)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF34 #344DC8

analogous

#C86534 #C8AF34 #97C834

triadic

#C8AF34 #34C8AF #AF34C8

tetradic

#C8AF34 #34C865 #344DC8 #C83497

square

#C8AF34 #34C865 #344DC8 #C83497

split-complementary

#C8AF34 #3497C8 #6534C8

monochromatic

#675A1B #978527 #C8AF34 #D6C363 #E3D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C8AF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF34

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF34	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc674',
    500: '#c8af34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af34;
$custom-light: #ddc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75458,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF34

secondary

#8A95CE

accent

#60E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF34

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

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