#C1A549#C1A549

#C1A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A549
RGB	rgb(193, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -0.53, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 50.31, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0048 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.116 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6517, 38.7307, 11.8473)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A549 #4965C1

analogous

#C16949 #C1A549 #A1C149

triadic

#C1A549 #49C1A5 #A549C1

tetradic

#C1A549 #49C169 #4965C1 #C149A1

square

#C1A549 #49C169 #4965C1 #C149A1

split-complementary

#C1A549 #49A1C1 #6949C1

monochromatic

#6B5B24 #998134 #C1A549 #D1BC77 #E0D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C1A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C1A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A549

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A549	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf7f',
    500: '#c1a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a549;
$custom-light: #d7bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A549

secondary

#99A5CD

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A549

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

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