#C8AD34#C8AD34

#C8AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD34
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -2.91, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 62.07, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0145 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.137 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.3849, 42.4166, 9.3609)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD34 #344FC8

analogous

#C86334 #C8AD34 #99C834

triadic

#C8AD34 #34C8AD #AD34C8

tetradic

#C8AD34 #34C863 #344FC8 #C83499

square

#C8AD34 #34C863 #344FC8 #C83499

split-complementary

#C8AD34 #3499C8 #6334C8

monochromatic

#67591B #978327 #C8AD34 #D6C163 #E3D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C8AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD34

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD34	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)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc574',
    500: '#c8ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad34;
$custom-light: #ddc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD34

secondary

#8A96CE

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD34

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

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