#C8AF3C#C8AF3C

#C8AF3C 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	#C8AF3C
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -3.58, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 59.60, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0155 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9670, 43.2676, 10.5204)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF3C #3C55C8

analogous

#C8693C #C8AF3C #9BC83C

triadic

#C8AF3C #3CC8AF #AF3CC8

tetradic

#C8AF3C #3CC869 #3C55C8 #C83C9B

square

#C8AF3C #3CC869 #3C55C8 #C83C9B

split-complementary

#C8AF3C #3C9BC8 #693CC8

monochromatic

#6B5E1E #9B872C #C8AF3C #D5C36C #E3D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C8AF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF3C

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF3C	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)

#C0AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc678',
    500: '#c8af3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af3c;
$custom-light: #dcc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75517,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF3C

secondary

#919CCF

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF3C

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

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