#C8AD5B#C8AD5B

#C8AD5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD5B
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -0.45, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 45.24, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0028 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.107 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6529, 42.9238, 16.0393)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD5B #5B76C8

analogous

#C8775B #C8AD5B #ACC85B

triadic

#C8AD5B #5BC8AD #AD5BC8

tetradic

#C8AD5B #5BC877 #5B76C8 #C85BAC

square

#C8AD5B #5BC877 #5B76C8 #C85BAC

split-complementary

#C8AD5B #5BACC8 #775BC8

monochromatic

#7E692A #AC903A #C8AD5B #D7C489 #E7DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C8AD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C8AD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD5B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD5B	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)

#BDAB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc58b',
    500: '#c8ad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad5b;
$custom-light: #dbc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD5B

secondary

#A9B4D6

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD5B

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

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