#C8AF55#C8AF55

#C8AF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF55
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -1.98, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 48.72, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0079 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.114 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.7907, 43.5971, 14.8591)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF55 #556EC8

analogous

#C87555 #C8AF55 #A7C855

triadic

#C8AF55 #55C8AF #AF55C8

tetradic

#C8AF55 #55C875 #556EC8 #C855A7

square

#C8AF55 #55C875 #556EC8 #C855A7

split-complementary

#C8AF55 #55A7C8 #7555C8

monochromatic

#7B6928 #A99037 #C8AF55 #D7C583 #E6DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C8AF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF55

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF55	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc688',
    500: '#c8af55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af55;
$custom-light: #dbc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF55

secondary

#A5AFD4

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF55

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

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