#C8AF4F#C8AF4F

#C8AF4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF4F
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -2.42, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 51.49, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0099 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.119 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5624, 43.5058, 13.6565)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF4F #4F68C8

analogous

#C8724F #C8AF4F #A5C84F

triadic

#C8AF4F #4FC8AF #AF4FC8

tetradic

#C8AF4F #4FC872 #4F68C8 #C84FA5

square

#C8AF4F #4FC872 #4F68C8 #C84FA5

split-complementary

#C8AF4F #4FA5C8 #724FC8

monochromatic

#776625 #A68E34 #C8AF4F #D7C47E #E5D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8AF4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF4F

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF4F	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BFAC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc684',
    500: '#c8af4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af4f;
$custom-light: #dcc684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF4F

secondary

#A0AAD3

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF4F

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

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