#C8AD52#C8AD52

#C8AD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.115 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD52
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -1.15, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 49.49, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0059 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.115 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2877, 42.7777, 14.1158)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD52 #526DC8

analogous

#C87252 #C8AD52 #A8C852

triadic

#C8AD52 #52C8AD #AD52C8

tetradic

#C8AD52 #52C872 #526DC8 #C852A8

square

#C8AD52 #52C872 #526DC8 #C852A8

split-complementary

#C8AD52 #52A8C8 #7252C8

monochromatic

#796627 #A88D35 #C8AD52 #D7C380 #E6D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD52

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD52	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.115 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc586',
    500: '#c8ad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad52;
$custom-light: #dbc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD52

secondary

#A2AED4

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD52

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

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