#C8AB33#C8AB33

#C8AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AB33
RGB	rgb(200, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 74.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -1.90, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 61.89, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0117 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.137 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9819, 41.6464, 9.1166)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AB33 #3350C8

analogous

#C86133 #C8AB33 #9BC833

triadic

#C8AB33 #33C8AB #AB33C8

tetradic

#C8AB33 #33C861 #3350C8 #C8339B

square

#C8AB33 #33C861 #3350C8 #C8339B

split-complementary

#C8AB33 #339BC8 #6133C8

monochromatic

#66581A #978127 #C8AB33 #D7C061 #E3D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C8AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C8AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AB33

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AB33	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)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc373',
    500: '#c8ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ab33;
$custom-light: #ddc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AB33

secondary

#8996CE

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AB33

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

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