#C8AD43#C8AD43

#C8AD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD43
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -2.14, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 56.15, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0106 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7780, 42.5738, 11.4315)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD43 #435EC8

analogous

#C86B43 #C8AD43 #A0C843

triadic

#C8AD43 #43C8AD #AD43C8

tetradic

#C8AD43 #43C86B #435EC8 #C843A0

square

#C8AD43 #43C86B #435EC8 #C843A0

split-complementary

#C8AD43 #43A0C8 #6B43C8

monochromatic

#706021 #9F882F #C8AD43 #D6C272 #E4D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C8AD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD43

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD43	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)

#BEAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57c',
    500: '#c8ad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad43;
$custom-light: #dcc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD43

secondary

#96A2D0

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD43

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

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