#C8AF51#C8AF51

#C8AF51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF51
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.28, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 50.58, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0093 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6363, 43.5353, 14.0457)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF51 #516AC8

analogous

#C87351 #C8AF51 #A5C851

triadic

#C8AF51 #51C8AF #AF51C8

tetradic

#C8AF51 #51C873 #516AC8 #C851A5

square

#C8AF51 #51C873 #516AC8 #C851A5

split-complementary

#C8AF51 #51A5C8 #7351C8

monochromatic

#796726 #A78F35 #C8AF51 #D7C480 #E5DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8AF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF51

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF51	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc685',
    500: '#c8af51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af51;
$custom-light: #dbc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF51

secondary

#A1ACD3

accent

#6ADB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF51

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

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