#C8AD51#C8AD51

#C8AD51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD51
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -1.22, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 49.95, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0062 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.116 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2499, 42.7626, 13.9169)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD51 #516CC8

analogous

#C87251 #C8AD51 #A7C851

triadic

#C8AD51 #51C8AD #AD51C8

tetradic

#C8AD51 #51C872 #516CC8 #C851A7

square

#C8AD51 #51C872 #516CC8 #C851A7

split-complementary

#C8AD51 #51A7C8 #7251C8

monochromatic

#796626 #A78D35 #C8AD51 #D7C380 #E5D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C8AD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD51

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD51	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)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc585',
    500: '#c8ad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad51;
$custom-light: #dcc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75304,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD51

secondary

#A1ADD3

accent

#6DDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD51

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

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