#C8AD53#C8AD53

#C8AD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD53
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -1.08, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 49.02, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0056 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.114 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3260, 42.7930, 14.3177)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD53 #536EC8

analogous

#C87253 #C8AD53 #A8C853

triadic

#C8AD53 #53C8AD #AD53C8

tetradic

#C8AD53 #53C872 #536EC8 #C853A8

square

#C8AD53 #53C872 #536EC8 #C853A8

split-complementary

#C8AD53 #53A8C8 #7253C8

monochromatic

#7A6727 #A88E36 #C8AD53 #D7C381 #E6D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD53

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD53	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)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc586',
    500: '#c8ad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad53;
$custom-light: #dbc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD53

secondary

#A3AED4

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD53

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

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