#C8AB31#C8AB31

#C8AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB31
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -1.99, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 62.60, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0121 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.138 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9388, 41.6291, 8.8894)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB31 #314EC8

analogous

#C86031 #C8AB31 #9AC831

triadic

#C8AB31 #31C8AB #AB31C8

tetradic

#C8AB31 #31C860 #314EC8 #C8319A

square

#C8AB31 #31C860 #314EC8 #C8319A

split-complementary

#C8AB31 #319AC8 #6031C8

monochromatic

#665719 #978125 #C8AB31 #D8C05F #E4D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB31

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB31	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc372',
    500: '#c8ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab31;
$custom-light: #ddc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB31

secondary

#8694CE

accent

#63E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB31

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

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