#C8AF5E#C8AF5E

#C8AF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF5E
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -1.25, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 44.44, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0048 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.105 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1713, 43.7493, 16.8633)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF5E #5E77C8

analogous

#C87A5E #C8AF5E #ACC85E

triadic

#C8AF5E #5EC8AF #AF5EC8

tetradic

#C8AF5E #5EC87A #5E77C8 #C85EAC

square

#C8AF5E #5EC87A #5E77C8 #C85EAC

split-complementary

#C8AF5E #5EACC8 #7A5EC8

monochromatic

#806C2C #AE933B #C8AF5E #D8C68C #E7DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C8AF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C8AF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF5E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF5E	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc68e',
    500: '#c8af5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af5e;
$custom-light: #dbc68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75878,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF5E

secondary

#ACB6D6

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF5E

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

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