#C8AD33#C8AD33

#C8AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD33
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -2.96, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 62.43, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0147 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.138 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3626, 42.4076, 9.2435)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD33 #334EC8

analogous

#C86333 #C8AD33 #98C833

triadic

#C8AD33 #33C8AD #AD33C8

tetradic

#C8AD33 #33C863 #334EC8 #C83398

square

#C8AD33 #33C863 #334EC8 #C83398

split-complementary

#C8AD33 #3398C8 #6333C8

monochromatic

#66591A #978327 #C8AD33 #D7C261 #E3D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C8AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD33

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD33	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc573',
    500: '#c8ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad33;
$custom-light: #ddc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75035,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD33

secondary

#8995CE

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD33

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

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