#C8A531#C8A531

#C8A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A531
RGB	rgb(200, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 1.20, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 61.11, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0031 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.134 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8311, 39.4137, 8.5201)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A531 #3154C8

analogous

#C85A31 #C8A531 #A0C831

triadic

#C8A531 #31C8A5 #A531C8

tetradic

#C8A531 #31C85A #3154C8 #C831A0

square

#C8A531 #31C85A #3154C8 #C831A0

split-complementary

#C8A531 #31A0C8 #5A31C8

monochromatic

#665419 #977C25 #C8A531 #D8BC5F #E4D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C8A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C8A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A531

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A531	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf72',
    500: '#c8a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a531;
$custom-light: #ddbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A531

secondary

#8697CE

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A531

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

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