#C8AF50#C8AF50

#C8AF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF50
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -2.35, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 51.04, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0096 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.118 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5991, 43.5205, 13.8497)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF50 #5069C8

analogous

#C87350 #C8AF50 #A5C850

triadic

#C8AF50 #50C8AF #AF50C8

tetradic

#C8AF50 #50C873 #5069C8 #C850A5

square

#C8AF50 #50C873 #5069C8 #C850A5

split-complementary

#C8AF50 #50A5C8 #7350C8

monochromatic

#786726 #A68F34 #C8AF50 #D7C47F #E5DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C8AF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF50

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF50	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)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc684',
    500: '#c8af50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af50;
$custom-light: #dcc684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75706,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF50

secondary

#A1ABD3

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF50

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

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