#C1A431#C1A431

#C1A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A431
RGB	rgb(193, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -1.34, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 59.97, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0099 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8241, 38.1122, 8.3746)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A431 #314EC1

analogous

#C15C31 #C1A431 #96C131

triadic

#C1A431 #31C1A4 #A431C1

tetradic

#C1A431 #31C15C #314EC1 #C13196

square

#C1A431 #31C15C #314EC1 #C13196

split-complementary

#C1A431 #3196C1 #5C31C1

monochromatic

#5F5118 #907B25 #C1A431 #D5BC5A #E2D08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C1A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C1A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A431

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A431	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)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be71',
    500: '#c1a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a431;
$custom-light: #d8be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A431

secondary

#8291CC

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A431

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

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