#C1A536#C1A536

#C1A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A536
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -1.64, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 58.35, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0102 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.13 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1152, 38.5161, 9.0214)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A536 #3652C1

analogous

#C16036 #C1A536 #97C136

triadic

#C1A536 #36C1A5 #A536C1

tetradic

#C1A536 #36C160 #3652C1 #C13697

square

#C1A536 #36C160 #3652C1 #C13697

split-complementary

#C1A536 #3697C1 #6036C1

monochromatic

#61531B #917C29 #C1A536 #D3BC61 #E0D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C1A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C1A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A536

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A536	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)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf74',
    500: '#c1a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a536;
$custom-light: #d8bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A536

secondary

#8895CB

accent

#67E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A536

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

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