#C1AA40#C1AA40

#C1AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA40
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -3.76, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 55.77, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0151 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2942, 40.4589, 10.6944)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA40 #4057C1

analogous

#C16940 #C1AA40 #98C140

triadic

#C1AA40 #40C1AA #AA40C1

tetradic

#C1AA40 #40C169 #4057C1 #C14098

square

#C1AA40 #40C169 #4057C1 #C14098

split-complementary

#C1AA40 #4098C1 #6940C1

monochromatic

#665921 #948230 #C1AA40 #D0BF6E #DFD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C1AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#C1AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA40

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA40	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c37a',
    500: '#c1aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa40;
$custom-light: #d7c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA40

secondary

#929CCB

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA40

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

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