#C1AA48#C1AA48

#C1AA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AA48
RGB	rgb(193, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -3.26, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 52.31, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0127 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.12 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5384, 40.5566, 11.9806)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AA48 #485FC1

analogous

#C16E48 #C1AA48 #9CC148

triadic

#C1AA48 #48C1AA #AA48C1

tetradic

#C1AA48 #48C16E #485FC1 #C1489C

square

#C1AA48 #48C16E #485FC1 #C1489C

split-complementary

#C1AA48 #489CC1 #6E48C1

monochromatic

#6B5D24 #988534 #C1AA48 #D0BF76 #E0D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C1AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C1AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AA48

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AA48	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c37f',
    500: '#c1aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1aa48;
$custom-light: #d7c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73913,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AA48

secondary

#98A2CD

accent

#69D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AA48

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

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