#C8B731#C8B731

#C8B731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B731
RGB	rgb(200, 183, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -8.27, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 66.06, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0299 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3092, 46.3700, 9.6795)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B731 #3142C8

analogous

#C86C31 #C8B731 #8EC831

triadic

#C8B731 #31C8B7 #B731C8

tetradic

#C8B731 #31C86C #3142C8 #C8318E

square

#C8B731 #31C86C #3142C8 #C8318E

split-complementary

#C8B731 #318EC8 #6C31C8

monochromatic

#665D19 #978A25 #C8B731 #D8CA5F #E4DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C8B731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C8B731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B731

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B731	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 183, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc73',
    500: '#c8b731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b731;
$custom-light: #ddcc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7712,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B731

secondary

#868FCE

accent

#56E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B731

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

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