#C8AD4A#C8AD4A

#C8AD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD4A
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -1.71, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 53.11, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0085 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.122 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.0008, 42.6630, 12.6051)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD4A #4A65C8

analogous

#C86E4A #C8AD4A #A4C84A

triadic

#C8AD4A #4AC8AD #AD4AC8

tetradic

#C8AD4A #4AC86E #4A65C8 #C84AA4

square

#C8AD4A #4AC86E #4A65C8 #C84AA4

split-complementary

#C8AD4A #4AA4C8 #6E4AC8

monochromatic

#746323 #A38B32 #C8AD4A #D6C279 #E5D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C8AD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD4A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD4A	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)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc580',
    500: '#c8ad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad4a;
$custom-light: #dcc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD4A

secondary

#9CA8D2

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD4A

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

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