#C8AD4D#C8AD4D

#C8AD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD4D
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -1.51, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 51.77, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0075 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.119 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1043, 42.7043, 13.1501)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD4D #4D68C8

analogous

#C8704D #C8AD4D #A6C84D

triadic

#C8AD4D #4DC8AD #AD4DC8

tetradic

#C8AD4D #4DC870 #4D68C8 #C84DA6

square

#C8AD4D #4DC870 #4D68C8 #C84DA6

split-complementary

#C8AD4D #4DA6C8 #704DC8

monochromatic

#766424 #A58C33 #C8AD4D #D6C37C #E5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C8AD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD4D

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD4D	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)

#BEAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc582',
    500: '#c8ad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad4d;
$custom-light: #dcc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7526,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD4D

secondary

#9EAAD2

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD4D

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

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