#C8A831#C8A831

#C8A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.136 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A831
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -0.40, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 61.83, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0076 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.136 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3786, 40.5086, 8.7026)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A831 #3151C8

analogous

#C85D31 #C8A831 #9DC831

triadic

#C8A831 #31C8A8 #A831C8

tetradic

#C8A831 #31C85D #3151C8 #C8319D

square

#C8A831 #31C85D #3151C8 #C8319D

split-complementary

#C8A831 #319DC8 #5D31C8

monochromatic

#665519 #977F25 #C8A831 #D8BE5F #E4D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C8A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C8A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A831

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A831	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.136 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc172',
    500: '#c8a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a831;
$custom-light: #ddc172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73987,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A831

secondary

#8696CE

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A831

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

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