#C8AD3C#C8AD3C

#C8AD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD3C
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -2.53, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 59.02, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0125 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5806, 42.4948, 10.3916)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD3C #3C57C8

analogous

#C8673C #C8AD3C #9DC83C

triadic

#C8AD3C #3CC8AD #AD3CC8

tetradic

#C8AD3C #3CC867 #3C57C8 #C83C9D

square

#C8AD3C #3CC867 #3C57C8 #C83C9D

split-complementary

#C8AD3C #3C9DC8 #673CC8

monochromatic

#6B5C1E #9B862C #C8AD3C #D5C16C #E3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD3C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD3C	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)

#BFA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc578',
    500: '#c8ad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad3c;
$custom-light: #dcc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD3C

secondary

#919DCF

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD3C

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

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