#C8AF3F#C8AF3F

#C8AF3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF3F
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -3.42, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 58.40, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0147 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.132 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0485, 43.3002, 10.9500)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF3F #3F58C8

analogous

#C86B3F #C8AF3F #9DC83F

triadic

#C8AF3F #3FC8AF #AF3FC8

tetradic

#C8AF3F #3FC86B #3F58C8 #C83F9D

square

#C8AF3F #3FC86B #3F58C8 #C83F9D

split-complementary

#C8AF3F #3F9DC8 #6B3FC8

monochromatic

#6D5F1F #9D882D #C8AF3F #D6C36F #E3D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8AF3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF3F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF3F	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)

#C0AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67a',
    500: '#c8af3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af3f;
$custom-light: #dcc67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF3F

secondary

#939ED0

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF3F

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

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