#C1A42F#C1A42F

#C1A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A42F
RGB	rgb(193, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 75.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -1.43, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 60.69, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0104 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.134 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7828, 38.0957, 8.1572)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A42F #2F4CC1

analogous

#C15B2F #C1A42F #95C12F

triadic

#C1A42F #2FC1A4 #A42FC1

tetradic

#C1A42F #2FC15B #2F4CC1 #C12F95

square

#C1A42F #2FC15B #2F4CC1 #C12F95

split-complementary

#C1A42F #2F95C1 #5B2FC1

monochromatic

#5F5017 #907A23 #C1A42F #D6BD57 #E2D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C1A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C1A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A42F

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A42F	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be70',
    500: '#c1a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a42f;
$custom-light: #d8be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 60.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A42F

secondary

#808FCC

accent

#64E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A42F

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

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