#C1A831#C1A831

#C1A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A831
RGB	rgb(193, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -3.47, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 61.06, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.016 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5512, 39.5664, 8.6170)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A831 #314AC1

analogous

#C16031 #C1A831 #92C131

triadic

#C1A831 #31C1A8 #A831C1

tetradic

#C1A831 #31C160 #314AC1 #C13192

square

#C1A831 #31C160 #314AC1 #C13192

split-complementary

#C1A831 #3192C1 #6031C1

monochromatic

#5F5318 #907E25 #C1A831 #D5C05A #E2D28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C1A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C1A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A831

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A831	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c172',
    500: '#c1a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a831;
$custom-light: #d8c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.733,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A831

secondary

#828FCC

accent

#60E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A831

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

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