#C8B331#C8B331

#C8B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B331
RGB	rgb(200, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -6.19, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 64.85, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0241 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4959, 44.7433, 9.4084)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B331 #3146C8

analogous

#C86831 #C8B331 #92C831

triadic

#C8B331 #31C8B3 #B331C8

tetradic

#C8B331 #31C868 #3146C8 #C83192

square

#C8B331 #31C868 #3146C8 #C83192

split-complementary

#C8B331 #3192C8 #6831C8

monochromatic

#665B19 #978725 #C8B331 #D8C75F #E4D890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C8B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C8B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B331

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B331	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc973',
    500: '#c8b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b331;
$custom-light: #ddc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B331

secondary

#8690CE

accent

#5AE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B331

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

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