#C8AF31#C8AF31

#C8AF31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AF31
RGB	rgb(200, 175, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -4.10, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 63.69, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0181 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.141 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7058, 43.1631, 9.1450)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AF31 #314AC8

analogous

#C86431 #C8AF31 #96C831

triadic

#C8AF31 #31C8AF #AF31C8

tetradic

#C8AF31 #31C864 #314AC8 #C83196

square

#C8AF31 #31C864 #314AC8 #C83196

split-complementary

#C8AF31 #3196C8 #6431C8

monochromatic

#665919 #978425 #C8AF31 #D8C45F #E4D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C8AF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C8AF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AF31

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AF31	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8af31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 175, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc673',
    500: '#c8af31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8af31;
$custom-light: #ddc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8af31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75438,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AF31

secondary

#8692CE

accent

#5EE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AF31

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

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