#C8B631#C8B631

#C8B631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.146 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B631
RGB	rgb(200, 182, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -7.75, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 65.75, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0285 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.146 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1037, 45.9589, 9.6110)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B631 #3143C8

analogous

#C86B31 #C8B631 #8FC831

triadic

#C8B631 #31C8B6 #B631C8

tetradic

#C8B631 #31C86B #3143C8 #C8318F

square

#C8B631 #31C86B #3143C8 #C8318F

split-complementary

#C8B631 #318FC8 #6B31C8

monochromatic

#665D19 #978925 #C8B631 #D8C95F #E4DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C8B631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C8B631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B631

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B631	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 182, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.146 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcb73',
    500: '#c8b631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b631;
$custom-light: #ddcb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.848,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B631

secondary

#868FCE

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B631

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

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