#C1A548#C1A548

#C1A548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A548
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -0.60, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 50.76, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0051 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6189, 38.7175, 11.6741)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A548 #4864C1

analogous

#C16948 #C1A548 #A0C148

triadic

#C1A548 #48C1A5 #A548C1

tetradic

#C1A548 #48C169 #4864C1 #C148A0

square

#C1A548 #48C169 #4864C1 #C148A0

split-complementary

#C1A548 #48A0C1 #6948C1

monochromatic

#6B5A24 #988134 #C1A548 #D0BB76 #E0D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C1A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C1A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A548

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A548	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)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf7f',
    500: '#c1a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a548;
$custom-light: #d7bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A548

secondary

#98A4CD

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A548

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

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