#C1A533#C1A533

#C1A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A533
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 73.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -1.78, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 59.49, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.011 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0469, 38.4887, 8.6617)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A533 #334FC1

analogous

#C15E33 #C1A533 #96C133

triadic

#C1A533 #33C1A5 #A533C1

tetradic

#C1A533 #33C15E #334FC1 #C13396

square

#C1A533 #33C15E #334FC1 #C13396

split-complementary

#C1A533 #3396C1 #5E33C1

monochromatic

#605219 #917C26 #C1A533 #D4BD5D #E1D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C1A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C1A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A533

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A533	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#B6A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf72',
    500: '#c1a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a533;
$custom-light: #d8bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A533

secondary

#8492CB

accent

#65E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A533

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

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