#C8AD40#C8AD40

#C8AD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD40
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -2.31, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 57.40, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0114 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.129 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6903, 42.5388, 10.9697)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD40 #405BC8

analogous

#C86940 #C8AD40 #9FC840

triadic

#C8AD40 #40C8AD #AD40C8

tetradic

#C8AD40 #40C869 #405BC8 #C8409F

square

#C8AD40 #40C869 #405BC8 #C8409F

split-complementary

#C8AD40 #409FC8 #6940C8

monochromatic

#6E5E20 #9D872D #C8AD40 #D6C170 #E3D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C8AD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD40

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD40	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57b',
    500: '#c8ad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad40;
$custom-light: #dcc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75134,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD40

secondary

#94A0D0

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD40

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

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