#C8AF4A#C8AF4A

#C8AF4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF4A
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -2.76, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 53.73, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0115 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.123 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3872, 43.4357, 12.7338)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF4A #4A63C8

analogous

#C8704A #C8AF4A #A2C84A

triadic

#C8AF4A #4AC8AF #AF4AC8

tetradic

#C8AF4A #4AC870 #4A63C8 #C84AA2

square

#C8AF4A #4AC870 #4A63C8 #C84AA2

split-complementary

#C8AF4A #4AA2C8 #704AC8

monochromatic

#746423 #A38D32 #C8AF4A #D6C479 #E5D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8AF4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF4A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF4A	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc681',
    500: '#c8af4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af4a;
$custom-light: #dcc681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF4A

secondary

#9CA7D2

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF4A

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

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