#C8AD48#C8AD48

#C8AD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD48
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -1.84, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 54.00, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0091 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.123 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9345, 42.6364, 12.2558)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD48 #4863C8

analogous

#C86D48 #C8AD48 #A3C848

triadic

#C8AD48 #48C8AD #AD48C8

tetradic

#C8AD48 #48C86D #4863C8 #C848A3

square

#C8AD48 #48C86D #4863C8 #C848A3

split-complementary

#C8AD48 #48A3C8 #6D48C8

monochromatic

#736223 #A28A31 #C8AD48 #D6C277 #E4D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C8AD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD48

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD48	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc57f',
    500: '#c8ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad48;
$custom-light: #dcc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75208,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD48

secondary

#9AA6D1

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD48

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

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