#C1A037#C1A037

#C1A037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A037
RGB	rgb(193, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 1.08, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 56.64, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0023 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(35.2546, 36.7570, 8.8516)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A037 #3758C1

analogous

#C15B37 #C1A037 #9DC137

triadic

#C1A037 #37C1A0 #A037C1

tetradic

#C1A037 #37C15B #3758C1 #C1379D

square

#C1A037 #37C15B #3758C1 #C1379D

split-complementary

#C1A037 #379DC1 #5B37C1

monochromatic

#62511C #917929 #C1A037 #D2B863 #E0CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C1A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#C1A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A037

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A037	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bb74',
    500: '#c1a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a037;
$custom-light: #d8bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.36755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A037

secondary

#8999CB

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A037

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

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