#C8AF41#C8AF41

#C8AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF41
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -3.31, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 57.58, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0142 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1054, 43.3230, 11.2497)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF41 #415AC8

analogous

#C86C41 #C8AF41 #9EC841

triadic

#C8AF41 #41C8AF #AF41C8

tetradic

#C8AF41 #41C86C #415AC8 #C8419E

square

#C8AF41 #41C86C #415AC8 #C8419E

split-complementary

#C8AF41 #419EC8 #6C41C8

monochromatic

#6F6020 #9E892E #C8AF41 #D6C370 #E3D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C8AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF41

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67b',
    500: '#c8af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af41;
$custom-light: #dcc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75558,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF41

secondary

#95A0D0

accent

#65DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF41

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

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