#C1AA37#C1AA37

#C1AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA37
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -4.24, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 59.40, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0175 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.133 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0584, 40.3646, 9.4529)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA37 #374EC1

analogous

#C16537 #C1AA37 #93C137

triadic

#C1AA37 #37C1AA #AA37C1

tetradic

#C1AA37 #37C165 #374EC1 #C13793

square

#C1AA37 #37C165 #374EC1 #C13793

split-complementary

#C1AA37 #3793C1 #6537C1

monochromatic

#62561C #918029 #C1AA37 #D2C063 #E0D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C1AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C1AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA37

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA37	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c275',
    500: '#c1aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa37;
$custom-light: #d7c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73763,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA37

secondary

#8994CB

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA37

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

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