#C8AD46#C8AD46

#C8AD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD46
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -1.96, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 54.87, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0097 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.125 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8704, 42.6108, 11.9178)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD46 #4661C8

analogous

#C86C46 #C8AD46 #A2C846

triadic

#C8AD46 #46C8AD #AD46C8

tetradic

#C8AD46 #46C86C #4661C8 #C846A2

square

#C8AD46 #46C86C #4661C8 #C846A2

split-complementary

#C8AD46 #46A2C8 #6C46C8

monochromatic

#726122 #A18930 #C8AD46 #D6C275 #E4D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C8AD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C8AD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD46

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD46	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)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57e',
    500: '#c8ad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad46;
$custom-light: #dcc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD46

secondary

#99A4D1

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD46

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

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