#C8AD59#C8AD59

#C8AD59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD59
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -0.61, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 46.20, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0035 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.109 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5678, 42.8897, 15.5910)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD59 #5974C8

analogous

#C87659 #C8AD59 #ACC859

triadic

#C8AD59 #59C8AD #AD59C8

tetradic

#C8AD59 #59C876 #5974C8 #C859AC

square

#C8AD59 #59C876 #5974C8 #C859AC

split-complementary

#C8AD59 #59ACC8 #7659C8

monochromatic

#7D6929 #AB8F39 #C8AD59 #D7C487 #E6DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD59

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD59	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58a',
    500: '#c8ad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad59;
$custom-light: #dbc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD59

secondary

#A8B3D5

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD59

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

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