#C8AD31#C8AD31

#C8AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AD31
RGB	rgb(200, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -3.04, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 63.14, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0151 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.139 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3194, 42.3904, 9.0163)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AD31 #314CC8

analogous

#C86231 #C8AD31 #98C831

triadic

#C8AD31 #31C8AD #AD31C8

tetradic

#C8AD31 #31C862 #314CC8 #C83198

square

#C8AD31 #31C862 #314CC8 #C83198

split-complementary

#C8AD31 #3198C8 #6231C8

monochromatic

#665819 #978225 #C8AD31 #D8C25F #E4D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C8AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C8AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AD31

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AD31	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc572',
    500: '#c8ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ad31;
$custom-light: #ddc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AD31

secondary

#8693CE

accent

#61E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AD31

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

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