#C8AF49#C8AF49

#C8AF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF49
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -2.83, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 54.17, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0118 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.124 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3538, 43.4223, 12.5578)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF49 #4962C8

analogous

#C86F49 #C8AF49 #A1C849

triadic

#C8AF49 #49C8AF #AF49C8

tetradic

#C8AF49 #49C86F #4962C8 #C849A1

square

#C8AF49 #49C86F #4962C8 #C849A1

split-complementary

#C8AF49 #49A1C8 #6F49C8

monochromatic

#746423 #A38C31 #C8AF49 #D6C478 #E4D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C8AF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF49

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF49	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)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc680',
    500: '#c8af49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af49;
$custom-light: #dcc680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF49

secondary

#9BA6D2

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF49

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

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