#C1AA44#C1AA44

#C1AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA44
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -3.52, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 54.06, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.014 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.123 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4121, 40.5061, 11.3156)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA44 #445BC1

analogous

#C16B44 #C1AA44 #99C144

triadic

#C1AA44 #44C1AA #AA44C1

tetradic

#C1AA44 #44C16B #445BC1 #C14499

square

#C1AA44 #44C16B #445BC1 #C14499

split-complementary

#C1AA44 #4499C1 #6B44C1

monochromatic

#685B23 #968432 #C1AA44 #D0BF72 #DFD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C1AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C1AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA44

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA44	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c37d',
    500: '#c1aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa44;
$custom-light: #d7c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73874,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA44

secondary

#959FCC

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA44

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

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