#C8AF3D#C8AF3D

#C8AF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF3D
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -3.53, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 59.21, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0152 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.133 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9936, 43.2783, 10.6609)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF3D #3D56C8

analogous

#C8693D #C8AF3D #9BC83D

triadic

#C8AF3D #3DC8AF #AF3DC8

tetradic

#C8AF3D #3DC869 #3D56C8 #C83D9B

square

#C8AF3D #3DC869 #3D56C8 #C83D9B

split-complementary

#C8AF3D #3D9BC8 #693DC8

monochromatic

#6C5E1F #9C882C #C8AF3D #D6C36D #E3D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8AF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF3D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF3D	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc679',
    500: '#c8af3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af3d;
$custom-light: #dcc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF3D

secondary

#929DCF

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF3D

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

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