#C1A855#C1A855

#C1A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A855
RGB	rgb(193, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -1.24, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 45.64, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0053 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.107 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6361, 40.0004, 14.3310)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A855 #556EC1

analogous

#C17255 #C1A855 #A4C155

triadic

#C1A855 #55C1A8 #A855C1

tetradic

#C1A855 #55C172 #556EC1 #C155A4

square

#C1A855 #55C172 #556EC1 #C155A4

split-complementary

#C1A855 #55A4C1 #7255C1

monochromatic

#72612A #9F883A #C1A855 #D1BF82 #E2D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C1A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C1A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A855

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A855	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c187',
    500: '#c1a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a855;
$custom-light: #d6c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73645,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A855

secondary

#A2ADD0

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A855

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →