#C1A231#C1A231

#C1A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A231
RGB	rgb(193, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -0.27, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 59.45, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0069 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.131 93)
XYZ	xyz(35.4690, 37.4020, 8.2562)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A231 #3150C1

analogous

#C15A31 #C1A231 #98C131

triadic

#C1A231 #31C1A2 #A231C1

tetradic

#C1A231 #31C15A #3150C1 #C13198

square

#C1A231 #31C15A #3150C1 #C13198

split-complementary

#C1A231 #3198C1 #5A31C1

monochromatic

#5F5018 #907925 #C1A231 #D5BB5A #E2CF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C1A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#C1A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A231

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A231	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd71',
    500: '#c1a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a231;
$custom-light: #d8bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72049,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A231

secondary

#8292CC

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A231

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

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