#C1AA35#C1AA35

#C1AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA35
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -4.34, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 60.16, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.018 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0115, 40.3458, 9.2055)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA35 #354CC1

analogous

#C16435 #C1AA35 #92C135

triadic

#C1AA35 #35C1AA #AA35C1

tetradic

#C1AA35 #35C164 #354CC1 #C13592

square

#C1AA35 #35C164 #354CC1 #C13592

split-complementary

#C1AA35 #3592C1 #6435C1

monochromatic

#61551B #918028 #C1AA35 #D3C060 #E0D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C1AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C1AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA35

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c274',
    500: '#c1aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa35;
$custom-light: #d8c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73748,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA35

secondary

#8792CB

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA35

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

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