#C8AD3F#C8AD3F

#C8AD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD3F
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.37, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 57.81, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0117 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6621, 42.5275, 10.8212)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD3F #3F5AC8

analogous

#C8693F #C8AD3F #9FC83F

triadic

#C8AD3F #3FC8AD #AD3FC8

tetradic

#C8AD3F #3FC869 #3F5AC8 #C83F9F

square

#C8AD3F #3FC869 #3F5AC8 #C83F9F

split-complementary

#C8AD3F #3F9FC8 #693FC8

monochromatic

#6D5E1F #9D872D #C8AD3F #D6C16F #E3D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C8AD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD3F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD3F	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)

#BEAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57a',
    500: '#c8ad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad3f;
$custom-light: #dcc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75126,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD3F

secondary

#939FD0

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD3F

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

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