#C1AA33#C1AA33

#C1AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA33
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 73.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -4.43, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 60.91, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0185 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9664, 40.3278, 8.9682)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA33 #334AC1

analogous

#C16333 #C1AA33 #91C133

triadic

#C1AA33 #33C1AA #AA33C1

tetradic

#C1AA33 #33C163 #334AC1 #C13391

square

#C1AA33 #33C163 #334AC1 #C13391

split-complementary

#C1AA33 #3391C1 #6333C1

monochromatic

#605519 #917F26 #C1AA33 #D4C15D #E1D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C1AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C1AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA33

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA33	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c273',
    500: '#c1aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa33;
$custom-light: #d8c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73734,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA33

secondary

#8490CB

accent

#5FE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA33

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

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