#C1A538#C1A538

#C1A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A538
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -1.54, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 57.56, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0097 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.129 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1631, 38.5352, 9.2739)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A538 #3854C1

analogous

#C16138 #C1A538 #99C138

triadic

#C1A538 #38C1A5 #A538C1

tetradic

#C1A538 #38C161 #3854C1 #C13899

square

#C1A538 #38C161 #3854C1 #C13899

split-complementary

#C1A538 #3899C1 #6138C1

monochromatic

#62541C #927C2A #C1A538 #D2BC64 #E0D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C1A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C1A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A538

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A538	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf75',
    500: '#c1a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a538;
$custom-light: #d7bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A538

secondary

#8A97CB

accent

#68DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A538

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

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