#C1AA36#C1AA36

#C1AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA36
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 72%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -4.29, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 59.78, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0178 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0347, 40.3551, 9.3279)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA36 #364DC1

analogous

#C16436 #C1AA36 #92C136

triadic

#C1AA36 #36C1AA #AA36C1

tetradic

#C1AA36 #36C164 #364DC1 #C13692

square

#C1AA36 #36C164 #364DC1 #C13692

split-complementary

#C1AA36 #3692C1 #6436C1

monochromatic

#61561B #918029 #C1AA36 #D3C061 #E0D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C1AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C1AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA36

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c275',
    500: '#c1aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa36;
$custom-light: #d7c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA36

secondary

#8893CB

accent

#61E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA36

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

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