#C8A431#C8A431

#C8A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A431
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 1.74, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 60.87, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0015 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.134 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6514, 39.0544, 8.4603)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A431 #3155C8

analogous

#C85831 #C8A431 #A1C831

triadic

#C8A431 #31C8A4 #A431C8

tetradic

#C8A431 #31C858 #3155C8 #C831A1

square

#C8A431 #31C858 #3155C8 #C831A1

split-complementary

#C8A431 #31A1C8 #5831C8

monochromatic

#665319 #977C25 #C8A431 #D8BB5F #E4D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C8A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A431

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A431	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe71',
    500: '#c8a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a431;
$custom-light: #ddbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A431

secondary

#8698CE

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A431

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

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