#C8AD47#C8AD47

#C8AD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD47
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -1.90, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 54.43, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0094 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.124 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9022, 42.6235, 12.0854)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD47 #4762C8

analogous

#C86C47 #C8AD47 #A2C847

triadic

#C8AD47 #47C8AD #AD47C8

tetradic

#C8AD47 #47C86C #4762C8 #C847A2

square

#C8AD47 #47C86C #4762C8 #C847A2

split-complementary

#C8AD47 #47A2C8 #6C47C8

monochromatic

#726222 #A28A30 #C8AD47 #D6C276 #E4D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C8AD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD47

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD47	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57f',
    500: '#c8ad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad47;
$custom-light: #dcc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75199,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD47

secondary

#9AA5D1

accent

#69DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD47

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

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