#C1AA45#C1AA45

#C1AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA45
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -3.45, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 53.63, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0137 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4429, 40.5184, 11.4777)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA45 #455CC1

analogous

#C16C45 #C1AA45 #9AC145

triadic

#C1AA45 #45C1AA #AA45C1

tetradic

#C1AA45 #45C16C #455CC1 #C1459A

square

#C1AA45 #45C16C #455CC1 #C1459A

split-complementary

#C1AA45 #459AC1 #6C45C1

monochromatic

#695C23 #978432 #C1AA45 #D0BF73 #E0D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C1AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C1AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA45

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA45	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)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c37d',
    500: '#c1aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa45;
$custom-light: #d7c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA45

secondary

#96A0CC

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA45

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

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