#C8B031#C8B031

#C8B031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B031
RGB	rgb(200, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -4.62, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 63.97, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0196 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(39.9012, 43.5538, 9.2102)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B031 #3149C8

analogous

#C86531 #C8B031 #95C831

triadic

#C8B031 #31C8B0 #B031C8

tetradic

#C8B031 #31C865 #3149C8 #C83195

square

#C8B031 #31C865 #3149C8 #C83195

split-complementary

#C8B031 #3195C8 #6531C8

monochromatic

#665919 #978525 #C8B031 #D8C45F #E4D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C8B031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C8B031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B031

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B031	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc773',
    500: '#c8b031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b031;
$custom-light: #ddc773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.43552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B031

secondary

#8692CE

accent

#5DE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B031

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

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