#C1A438#C1A438

#C1A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A438
RGB	rgb(193, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -1.01, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 57.29, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0082 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9835, 38.1759, 9.2140)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A438 #3855C1

analogous

#C16038 #C1A438 #9AC138

triadic

#C1A438 #38C1A4 #A438C1

tetradic

#C1A438 #38C160 #3855C1 #C1389A

square

#C1A438 #38C160 #3855C1 #C1389A

split-complementary

#C1A438 #389AC1 #6038C1

monochromatic

#62531C #927C2A #C1A438 #D2BB64 #E0D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C1A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C1A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A438

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A438	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be75',
    500: '#c1a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a438;
$custom-light: #d8be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A438

secondary

#8A98CB

accent

#69DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A438

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

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