#C8AF53#C8AF53

#C8AF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF53
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -2.13, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 49.65, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0086 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.116 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7124, 43.5658, 14.4465)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF53 #536CC8

analogous

#C87453 #C8AF53 #A7C853

triadic

#C8AF53 #53C8AF #AF53C8

tetradic

#C8AF53 #53C874 #536CC8 #C853A7

square

#C8AF53 #53C874 #536CC8 #C853A7

split-complementary

#C8AF53 #53A7C8 #7453C8

monochromatic

#7A6827 #A89036 #C8AF53 #D7C581 #E6DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8AF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF53

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF53	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)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc686',
    500: '#c8af53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af53;
$custom-light: #dbc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.179,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7574,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF53

secondary

#A3ADD4

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF53

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

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