#C8B231#C8B231

#C8B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B231
RGB	rgb(200, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -5.67, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 64.55, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0226 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2962, 44.3439, 9.3418)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B231 #3147C8

analogous

#C86731 #C8B231 #93C831

triadic

#C8B231 #31C8B2 #B231C8

tetradic

#C8B231 #31C867 #3147C8 #C83193

square

#C8B231 #31C867 #3147C8 #C83193

split-complementary

#C8B231 #3193C8 #6731C8

monochromatic

#665B19 #978625 #C8B231 #D8C65F #E4D790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C8B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C8B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B231

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B231	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc873',
    500: '#c8b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b231;
$custom-light: #ddc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B231

secondary

#8691CE

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B231

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

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