#C8AF59#C8AF59

#C8AF59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF59
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -1.67, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 46.84, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0066 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.11 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9542, 43.6625, 15.7198)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF59 #5972C8

analogous

#C87859 #C8AF59 #AAC859

triadic

#C8AF59 #59C8AF #AF59C8

tetradic

#C8AF59 #59C878 #5972C8 #C859AA

square

#C8AF59 #59C878 #5972C8 #C859AA

split-complementary

#C8AF59 #59AAC8 #7859C8

monochromatic

#7D6A29 #AB9139 #C8AF59 #D7C587 #E6DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C8AF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF59

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF59	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)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc68a',
    500: '#c8af59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af59;
$custom-light: #dbc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF59

secondary

#A8B2D5

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF59

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

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