#C8AF4E#C8AF4E

#C8AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF4E
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -2.49, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 51.94, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0103 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.12 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5263, 43.4913, 13.4663)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF4E #4E67C8

analogous

#C8724E #C8AF4E #A4C84E

triadic

#C8AF4E #4EC8AF #AF4EC8

tetradic

#C8AF4E #4EC872 #4E67C8 #C84EA4

square

#C8AF4E #4EC872 #4E67C8 #C84EA4

split-complementary

#C8AF4E #4EA4C8 #724EC8

monochromatic

#776625 #A58E33 #C8AF4E #D7C47D #E5D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C8AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF4E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF4E	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc683',
    500: '#c8af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af4e;
$custom-light: #dcc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF4E

secondary

#9FAAD3

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF4E

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

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