#C8AD50#C8AD50

#C8AD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD50
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -1.30, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 50.41, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0066 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.117 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2127, 42.7477, 13.7209)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD50 #506BC8

analogous

#C87150 #C8AD50 #A7C850

triadic

#C8AD50 #50C8AD #AD50C8

tetradic

#C8AD50 #50C871 #506BC8 #C850A7

square

#C8AD50 #50C871 #506BC8 #C850A7

split-complementary

#C8AD50 #50A7C8 #7150C8

monochromatic

#786526 #A68D34 #C8AD50 #D7C37F #E5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C8AD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD50

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD50	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc584',
    500: '#c8ad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad50;
$custom-light: #dcc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75293,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD50

secondary

#A1ACD3

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD50

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

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