#C8AF4C#C8AF4C

#C8AF4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF4C
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -2.63, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 52.84, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0109 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4557, 43.4631, 13.0944)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF4C #4C65C8

analogous

#C8714C #C8AF4C #A3C84C

triadic

#C8AF4C #4CC8AF #AF4CC8

tetradic

#C8AF4C #4CC871 #4C65C8 #C84CA3

square

#C8AF4C #4CC871 #4C65C8 #C84CA3

split-complementary

#C8AF4C #4CA3C8 #714CC8

monochromatic

#756524 #A48D32 #C8AF4C #D6C47B #E5D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C8AF4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF4C

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF4C	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)

#C0AC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc682',
    500: '#c8af4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af4c;
$custom-light: #dcc682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF4C

secondary

#9EA8D2

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF4C

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

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