#C8AD49#C8AD49

#C8AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD49
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -1.77, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 53.56, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0088 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9674, 42.6496, 12.4290)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD49 #4964C8

analogous

#C86D49 #C8AD49 #A3C849

triadic

#C8AD49 #49C8AD #AD49C8

tetradic

#C8AD49 #49C86D #4964C8 #C849A3

square

#C8AD49 #49C86D #4964C8 #C849A3

split-complementary

#C8AD49 #49A3C8 #6D49C8

monochromatic

#746223 #A38B31 #C8AD49 #D6C278 #E4D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C8AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD49

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc580',
    500: '#c8ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad49;
$custom-light: #dcc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75218,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD49

secondary

#9BA7D2

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD49

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

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