#C8B431#C8B431

#C8B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B431
RGB	rgb(200, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -6.71, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 65.14, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0255 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6970, 45.1456, 9.4755)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B431 #3145C8

analogous

#C86931 #C8B431 #91C831

triadic

#C8B431 #31C8B4 #B431C8

tetradic

#C8B431 #31C869 #3145C8 #C83191

square

#C8B431 #31C869 #3145C8 #C83191

split-complementary

#C8B431 #3191C8 #6931C8

monochromatic

#665C19 #978825 #C8B431 #D8C85F #E4D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C8B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C8B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B431

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B431	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca73',
    500: '#c8b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b431;
$custom-light: #ddca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B431

secondary

#8690CE

accent

#59E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B431

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

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