#C1A532#C1A532

#C1A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A532
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 74.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -1.83, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 59.86, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0112 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0251, 38.4800, 8.5469)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A532 #324EC1

analogous

#C15E32 #C1A532 #95C132

triadic

#C1A532 #32C1A5 #A532C1

tetradic

#C1A532 #32C15E #324EC1 #C13295

square

#C1A532 #32C15E #324EC1 #C13295

split-complementary

#C1A532 #3295C1 #5E32C1

monochromatic

#605219 #907B25 #C1A532 #D5BD5C #E1D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C1A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C1A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A532

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A532	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf72',
    500: '#c1a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a532;
$custom-light: #d8bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A532

secondary

#8391CB

accent

#64E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A532

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

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