#C8AF44#C8AF44

#C8AF44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF44
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -3.14, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 56.33, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0133 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.1946, 43.3587, 11.7196)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF44 #445DC8

analogous

#C86D44 #C8AF44 #9FC844

triadic

#C8AF44 #44C8AF #AF44C8

tetradic

#C8AF44 #44C86D #445DC8 #C8449F

square

#C8AF44 #44C86D #445DC8 #C8449F

split-complementary

#C8AF44 #449FC8 #6D44C8

monochromatic

#716121 #A08A2F #C8AF44 #D6C373 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8AF44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF44

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF44	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67d',
    500: '#c8af44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af44;
$custom-light: #dcc67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75585,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF44

secondary

#97A2D1

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF44

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

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