#C8AF57#C8AF57

#C8AF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF57
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -1.83, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 47.78, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0073 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.112 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8713, 43.6293, 15.2834)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF57 #5770C8

analogous

#C87757 #C8AF57 #A9C857

triadic

#C8AF57 #57C8AF #AF57C8

tetradic

#C8AF57 #57C877 #5770C8 #C857A9

square

#C8AF57 #57C877 #5770C8 #C857A9

split-complementary

#C8AF57 #57A9C8 #7757C8

monochromatic

#7C6A29 #AA9138 #C8AF57 #D7C585 #E6DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8AF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF57

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF57	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc689',
    500: '#c8af57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af57;
$custom-light: #dbc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF57

secondary

#A6B0D5

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF57

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

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