#C8AD45#C8AD45

#C8AD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD45
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -2.02, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 55.30, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.01 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8391, 42.5982, 11.7529)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD45 #4560C8

analogous

#C86C45 #C8AD45 #A1C845

triadic

#C8AD45 #45C8AD #AD45C8

tetradic

#C8AD45 #45C86C #4560C8 #C845A1

square

#C8AD45 #45C86C #4560C8 #C845A1

split-complementary

#C8AD45 #45A1C8 #6C45C8

monochromatic

#716121 #A0892F #C8AD45 #D6C274 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C8AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD45

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD45	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)

#BEAA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57d',
    500: '#c8ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad45;
$custom-light: #dcc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD45

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD45

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

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