#C8AD55#C8AD55

#C8AD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD55
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -0.92, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 48.09, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0049 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.112 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4044, 42.8244, 14.7303)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD55 #5570C8

analogous

#C87355 #C8AD55 #A9C855

triadic

#C8AD55 #55C8AD #AD55C8

tetradic

#C8AD55 #55C873 #5570C8 #C855A9

square

#C8AD55 #55C873 #5570C8 #C855A9

split-complementary

#C8AD55 #55A9C8 #7355C8

monochromatic

#7B6728 #A98E37 #C8AD55 #D7C383 #E6DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C8AD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD55

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD55	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)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc587',
    500: '#c8ad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad55;
$custom-light: #dbc587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD55

secondary

#A5B0D4

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD55

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

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