#C8AF48#C8AF48

#C8AF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF48
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -2.89, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 54.61, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0121 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.125 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3209, 43.4092, 12.3846)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF48 #4861C8

analogous

#C86F48 #C8AF48 #A1C848

triadic

#C8AF48 #48C8AF #AF48C8

tetradic

#C8AF48 #48C86F #4861C8 #C848A1

square

#C8AF48 #48C86F #4861C8 #C848A1

split-complementary

#C8AF48 #48A1C8 #6F48C8

monochromatic

#736323 #A28C31 #C8AF48 #D6C477 #E4D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF48

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF48	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)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc67f',
    500: '#c8af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af48;
$custom-light: #dcc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75623,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF48

secondary

#9AA5D1

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF48

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

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