#C1A642#C1A642

#C1A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A642
RGB	rgb(193, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -1.52, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 53.70, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0085 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.122 94)
XYZ	xyz(36.6137, 39.0052, 10.7534)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A642 #425DC1

analogous

#C16642 #C1A642 #9CC142

triadic

#C1A642 #42C1A6 #A642C1

tetradic

#C1A642 #42C166 #425DC1 #C1429C

square

#C1A642 #42C166 #425DC1 #C1429C

split-complementary

#C1A642 #429CC1 #6642C1

monochromatic

#675822 #958031 #C1A642 #D0BC70 #DFD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C1A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C1A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A642

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A642	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c07b',
    500: '#c1a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a642;
$custom-light: #d7c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A642

secondary

#939FCC

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A642

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

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