#C1A535#C1A535

#C1A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A535
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -1.69, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 58.73, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0105 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.131 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0919, 38.5068, 8.8990)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A535 #3551C1

analogous

#C15F35 #C1A535 #97C135

triadic

#C1A535 #35C1A5 #A535C1

tetradic

#C1A535 #35C15F #3551C1 #C13597

square

#C1A535 #35C15F #3551C1 #C13597

split-complementary

#C1A535 #3597C1 #5F35C1

monochromatic

#61531B #917C28 #C1A535 #D3BC60 #E0D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C1A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C1A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A535

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A535	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)

#B6A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf73',
    500: '#c1a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a535;
$custom-light: #d8bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A535

secondary

#8794CB

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A535

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

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