#C8AD3D#C8AD3D

#C8AD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD3D
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -2.48, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 58.62, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0122 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6073, 42.5055, 10.5321)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD3D #3D58C8

analogous

#C8673D #C8AD3D #9DC83D

triadic

#C8AD3D #3DC8AD #AD3DC8

tetradic

#C8AD3D #3DC867 #3D58C8 #C83D9D

square

#C8AD3D #3DC867 #3D58C8 #C83D9D

split-complementary

#C8AD3D #3D9DC8 #673DC8

monochromatic

#6C5D1F #9C862C #C8AD3D #D6C16D #E3D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD3D

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD3D	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)

#BFA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c8ad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad3d;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD3D

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD3D

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

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