#C1A545#C1A545

#C1A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A545
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -0.79, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 52.10, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.006 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.119 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5234, 38.6793, 11.1712)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A545 #4561C1

analogous

#C16745 #C1A545 #9FC145

triadic

#C1A545 #45C1A5 #A545C1

tetradic

#C1A545 #45C167 #4561C1 #C1459F

square

#C1A545 #45C167 #4561C1 #C1459F

split-complementary

#C1A545 #459FC1 #6745C1

monochromatic

#695923 #978032 #C1A545 #D0BB73 #E0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C1A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C1A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A545

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A545	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf7d',
    500: '#c1a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a545;
$custom-light: #d7bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A545

secondary

#96A2CC

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A545

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

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