#C1AA38#C1AA38

#C1AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA38
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -4.19, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 59.01, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0173 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0827, 40.3743, 9.5804)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA38 #384FC1

analogous

#C16638 #C1AA38 #94C138

triadic

#C1AA38 #38C1AA #AA38C1

tetradic

#C1AA38 #38C166 #384FC1 #C13894

square

#C1AA38 #38C166 #384FC1 #C13894

split-complementary

#C1AA38 #3894C1 #6638C1

monochromatic

#62561C #92802A #C1AA38 #D2C064 #E0D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C1AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C1AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA38

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c276',
    500: '#c1aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa38;
$custom-light: #d7c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA38

secondary

#8A95CB

accent

#62DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA38

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

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