#C8AF5B#C8AF5B

#C8AF5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.108 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF5B
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -1.51, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 45.88, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0059 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.108 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0393, 43.6965, 16.1681)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF5B #5B74C8

analogous

#C8795B #C8AF5B #AAC85B

triadic

#C8AF5B #5BC8AF #AF5BC8

tetradic

#C8AF5B #5BC879 #5B74C8 #C85BAA

square

#C8AF5B #5BC879 #5B74C8 #C85BAA

split-complementary

#C8AF5B #5BAAC8 #795BC8

monochromatic

#7E6B2A #AC923A #C8AF5B #D7C589 #E7DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8AF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C8AF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF5B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF5B	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.108 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc68c',
    500: '#c8af5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af5b;
$custom-light: #dbc68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF5B

secondary

#A9B3D6

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF5B

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

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