#C1A346#C1A346

#C1A346 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A346
RGB	rgb(193, 163, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 0.34, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 51.08, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0026 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.117 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1968, 37.9760, 11.2167)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A346 #4664C1

analogous

#C16646 #C1A346 #A2C146

triadic

#C1A346 #46C1A3 #A346C1

tetradic

#C1A346 #46C166 #4664C1 #C146A2

square

#C1A346 #46C166 #4664C1 #C146A2

split-complementary

#C1A346 #46A2C1 #6646C1

monochromatic

#695823 #977F33 #C1A346 #D0BA74 #E0D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C1A346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C1A346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A346

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A346	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 163, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be7d',
    500: '#c1a346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a346;
$custom-light: #d7be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A346

secondary

#96A4CC

accent

#70D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A346

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

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