#C8AD3B#C8AD3B

#C8AD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD3B
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -2.58, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 59.41, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0128 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5544, 42.4844, 10.2537)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD3B #3B56C8

analogous

#C8673B #C8AD3B #9CC83B

triadic

#C8AD3B #3BC8AD #AD3BC8

tetradic

#C8AD3B #3BC867 #3B56C8 #C83B9C

square

#C8AD3B #3BC867 #3B56C8 #C83B9C

split-complementary

#C8AD3B #3B9CC8 #673BC8

monochromatic

#6B5C1E #9A852B #C8AD3B #D5C16B #E3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD3B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD3B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc578',
    500: '#c8ad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad3b;
$custom-light: #dcc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75093,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD3B

secondary

#909CCF

accent

#65DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD3B

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

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