#C8AF43#C8AF43

#C8AF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF43
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -3.20, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 56.75, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0136 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1644, 43.3466, 11.5602)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF43 #435CC8

analogous

#C86D43 #C8AF43 #9EC843

triadic

#C8AF43 #43C8AF #AF43C8

tetradic

#C8AF43 #43C86D #435CC8 #C8439E

square

#C8AF43 #43C86D #435CC8 #C8439E

split-complementary

#C8AF43 #439EC8 #6D43C8

monochromatic

#706121 #9F8A2F #C8AF43 #D6C372 #E4D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8AF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF43

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF43	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67c',
    500: '#c8af43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af43;
$custom-light: #dcc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF43

secondary

#96A1D0

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF43

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

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