#C8AD4B#C8AD4B

#C8AD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD4B
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -1.64, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 52.67, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0082 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.121 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0348, 42.6765, 12.7839)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD4B #4B66C8

analogous

#C86F4B #C8AD4B #A5C84B

triadic

#C8AD4B #4BC8AD #AD4BC8

tetradic

#C8AD4B #4BC86F #4B66C8 #C84BA5

square

#C8AD4B #4BC86F #4B66C8 #C84BA5

split-complementary

#C8AD4B #4BA5C8 #6F4BC8

monochromatic

#756324 #A48B32 #C8AD4B #D6C27A #E5D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C8AD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD4B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD4B	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc581',
    500: '#c8ad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad4b;
$custom-light: #dcc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD4B

secondary

#9DA8D2

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD4B

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

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