#C8AE31#C8AE31

#C8AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AE31
RGB	rgb(200, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -3.57, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 63.41, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0166 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.14 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5119, 42.7753, 9.0804)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AE31 #314BC8

analogous

#C86331 #C8AE31 #97C831

triadic

#C8AE31 #31C8AE #AE31C8

tetradic

#C8AE31 #31C863 #314BC8 #C83197

square

#C8AE31 #31C863 #314BC8 #C83197

split-complementary

#C8AE31 #3197C8 #6331C8

monochromatic

#665819 #978325 #C8AE31 #D8C35F #E4D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C8AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C8AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AE31

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AE31	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc572',
    500: '#c8ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8ae31;
$custom-light: #ddc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AE31

secondary

#8693CE

accent

#60E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AE31

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

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