#C1A338#C1A338

#C1A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A338
RGB	rgb(193, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -0.47, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 57.02, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0067 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.127 93)
XYZ	xyz(35.8052, 37.8194, 9.1546)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A338 #3856C1

analogous

#C15F38 #C1A338 #9BC138

triadic

#C1A338 #38C1A3 #A338C1

tetradic

#C1A338 #38C15F #3856C1 #C1389B

square

#C1A338 #38C15F #3856C1 #C1389B

split-complementary

#C1A338 #389BC1 #5F38C1

monochromatic

#62531C #927B2A #C1A338 #D2BA64 #E0CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C1A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C1A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A338

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A338	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd75',
    500: '#c1a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a338;
$custom-light: #d8bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.37817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A338

secondary

#8A98CB

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A338

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

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