#C8AF3B#C8AF3B

#C8AF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF3B
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -3.63, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 60.00, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0158 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9408, 43.2571, 10.3825)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF3B #3B54C8

analogous

#C8683B #C8AF3B #9AC83B

triadic

#C8AF3B #3BC8AF #AF3BC8

tetradic

#C8AF3B #3BC868 #3B54C8 #C83B9A

square

#C8AF3B #3BC868 #3B54C8 #C83B9A

split-complementary

#C8AF3B #3B9AC8 #683BC8

monochromatic

#6B5D1E #9A872B #C8AF3B #D5C36B #E3D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8AF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF3B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF3B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc678',
    500: '#c8af3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af3b;
$custom-light: #dcc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF3B

secondary

#909BCF

accent

#63DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF3B

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

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