#C8A631#C8A631

#C8A631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A631
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 0.67, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 61.34, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0046 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.135 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0122, 39.7759, 8.5805)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A631 #3153C8

analogous

#C85B31 #C8A631 #9FC831

triadic

#C8A631 #31C8A6 #A631C8

tetradic

#C8A631 #31C85B #3153C8 #C8319F

square

#C8A631 #31C85B #3153C8 #C8319F

split-complementary

#C8A631 #319FC8 #5B31C8

monochromatic

#665419 #977D25 #C8A631 #D8BC5F #E4D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C8A631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C8A631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A631

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A631	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc072',
    500: '#c8a631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a631;
$custom-light: #ddc072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A631

secondary

#8697CE

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A631

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

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