#C1AB38#C1AB38

#C1AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AB38
RGB	rgb(193, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -4.72, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 59.32, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0188 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2708, 40.7506, 9.6431)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AB38 #384EC1

analogous

#C16738 #C1AB38 #93C138

triadic

#C1AB38 #38C1AB #AB38C1

tetradic

#C1AB38 #38C167 #384EC1 #C13893

square

#C1AB38 #38C167 #384EC1 #C13893

split-complementary

#C1AB38 #3893C1 #6738C1

monochromatic

#62571C #92812A #C1AB38 #D2C064 #E0D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C1AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C1AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AB38

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AB38	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c376',
    500: '#c1ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ab38;
$custom-light: #d7c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AB38

secondary

#8A94CB

accent

#61DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AB38

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

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