#C8AF45#C8AF45

#C8AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF45
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -3.08, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 55.90, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.013 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2254, 43.3710, 11.8817)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF45 #455EC8

analogous

#C86E45 #C8AF45 #9FC845

triadic

#C8AF45 #45C8AF #AF45C8

tetradic

#C8AF45 #45C86E #455EC8 #C8459F

square

#C8AF45 #45C86E #455EC8 #C8459F

split-complementary

#C8AF45 #459FC8 #6E45C8

monochromatic

#716221 #A08B2F #C8AF45 #D6C374 #E4D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C8AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF45

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF45	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67e',
    500: '#c8af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af45;
$custom-light: #dcc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF45

secondary

#98A3D1

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF45

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

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