#C8AD3E#C8AD3E

#C8AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD3E
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.42, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 58.22, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.012 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6344, 42.5164, 10.6753)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD3E #3E59C8

analogous

#C8683E #C8AD3E #9EC83E

triadic

#C8AD3E #3EC8AD #AD3EC8

tetradic

#C8AD3E #3EC868 #3E59C8 #C83E9E

square

#C8AD3E #3EC868 #3E59C8 #C83E9E

split-complementary

#C8AD3E #3E9EC8 #683EC8

monochromatic

#6D5D1F #9C862D #C8AD3E #D6C16E #E3D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD3E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD3E	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)

#BEAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc579',
    500: '#c8ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad3e;
$custom-light: #dcc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75117,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD3E

secondary

#929ECF

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD3E

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

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