#C8AF3E#C8AF3E

#C8AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF3E
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -3.48, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 58.81, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.015 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0208, 43.2891, 10.8041)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF3E #3E57C8

analogous

#C86A3E #C8AF3E #9CC83E

triadic

#C8AF3E #3EC8AF #AF3EC8

tetradic

#C8AF3E #3EC86A #3E57C8 #C83E9C

square

#C8AF3E #3EC86A #3E57C8 #C83E9C

split-complementary

#C8AF3E #3E9CC8 #6A3EC8

monochromatic

#6D5F1F #9C882D #C8AF3E #D6C36E #E3D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF3E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF3E	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)

#C0AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67a',
    500: '#c8af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af3e;
$custom-light: #dcc67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF3E

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF3E

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

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