#C8AF46#C8AF46

#C8AF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF46
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -3.02, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 55.47, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0127 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.126 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2567, 43.3835, 12.0466)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF46 #465FC8

analogous

#C86E46 #C8AF46 #A0C846

triadic

#C8AF46 #46C8AF #AF46C8

tetradic

#C8AF46 #46C86E #465FC8 #C846A0

square

#C8AF46 #46C86E #465FC8 #C846A0

split-complementary

#C8AF46 #46A0C8 #6E46C8

monochromatic

#726222 #A18B30 #C8AF46 #D6C375 #E4D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8AF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF46

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF46	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67e',
    500: '#c8af46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af46;
$custom-light: #dcc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF46

secondary

#99A4D1

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF46

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

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