#C8AF52#C8AF52

#C8AF52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF52
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -2.21, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 50.12, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.009 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.116 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6741, 43.5505, 14.2446)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF52 #526BC8

analogous

#C87452 #C8AF52 #A6C852

triadic

#C8AF52 #52C8AF #AF52C8

tetradic

#C8AF52 #52C874 #526BC8 #C852A6

square

#C8AF52 #52C874 #526BC8 #C852A6

split-complementary

#C8AF52 #52A6C8 #7452C8

monochromatic

#796827 #A88F35 #C8AF52 #D7C480 #E6DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8AF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF52

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF52	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)

#BFAC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc686',
    500: '#c8af52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af52;
$custom-light: #dbc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF52

secondary

#A2ADD4

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF52

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

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