#C8AD41#C8AD41

#C8AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD41
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -2.26, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 56.99, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0111 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.129 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.7191, 42.5502, 11.1209)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD41 #415CC8

analogous

#C86A41 #C8AD41 #A0C841

triadic

#C8AD41 #41C8AD #AD41C8

tetradic

#C8AD41 #41C86A #415CC8 #C841A0

square

#C8AD41 #41C86A #415CC8 #C841A0

split-complementary

#C8AD41 #41A0C8 #6A41C8

monochromatic

#6F5F20 #9E882E #C8AD41 #D6C170 #E3D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C8AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD41

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD41	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)

#BEAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57b',
    500: '#c8ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad41;
$custom-light: #dcc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD41

secondary

#95A1D0

accent

#67DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD41

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

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