#C1A342#C1A342

#C1A342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A342
RGB	rgb(193, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 0.09, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 52.84, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0038 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.12 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0747, 37.9272, 10.5738)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A342 #4260C1

analogous

#C16342 #C1A342 #9FC142

triadic

#C1A342 #42C1A3 #A342C1

tetradic

#C1A342 #42C163 #4260C1 #C1429F

square

#C1A342 #42C163 #4260C1 #C1429F

split-complementary

#C1A342 #429FC1 #6342C1

monochromatic

#675722 #957D31 #C1A342 #D0B970 #DFD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C1A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C1A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A342

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A342	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd7b',
    500: '#c1a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a342;
$custom-light: #d7bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72397,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A342

secondary

#93A1CC

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A342

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

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