#C8AD4E#C8AD4E

#C8AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD4E
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -1.44, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 51.32, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0072 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.118 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1399, 42.7186, 13.3375)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD4E #4E69C8

analogous

#C8704E #C8AD4E #A6C84E

triadic

#C8AD4E #4EC8AD #AD4EC8

tetradic

#C8AD4E #4EC870 #4E69C8 #C84EA6

square

#C8AD4E #4EC870 #4E69C8 #C84EA6

split-complementary

#C8AD4E #4EA6C8 #704EC8

monochromatic

#776525 #A58C33 #C8AD4E #D7C37D #E5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C8AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD4E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD4E	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)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc583',
    500: '#c8ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad4e;
$custom-light: #dcc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75271,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD4E

secondary

#9FABD3

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD4E

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

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