#C8AD44#C8AD44

#C8AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD44
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -2.08, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 55.72, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0103 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.127 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8083, 42.5859, 11.5908)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD44 #445FC8

analogous

#C86B44 #C8AD44 #A1C844

triadic

#C8AD44 #44C8AD #AD44C8

tetradic

#C8AD44 #44C86B #445FC8 #C844A1

square

#C8AD44 #44C86B #445FC8 #C844A1

split-complementary

#C8AD44 #44A1C8 #6B44C8

monochromatic

#716021 #A0892F #C8AD44 #D6C273 #E4D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C8AD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD44

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD44	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57d',
    500: '#c8ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad44;
$custom-light: #dcc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD44

secondary

#97A3D1

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD44

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

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