#C1AB40#C1AB40

#C1AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AB40
RGB	rgb(193, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -4.29, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 56.09, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0166 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4824, 40.8353, 10.7572)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AB40 #4056C1

analogous

#C16A40 #C1AB40 #97C140

triadic

#C1AB40 #40C1AB #AB40C1

tetradic

#C1AB40 #40C16A #4056C1 #C14097

square

#C1AB40 #40C16A #4056C1 #C14097

split-complementary

#C1AB40 #4097C1 #6A40C1

monochromatic

#665A21 #948330 #C1AB40 #D0BF6E #DFD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C1AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C1AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AB40

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AB40	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c37a',
    500: '#c1ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ab40;
$custom-light: #d7c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74047,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AB40

secondary

#929BCB

accent

#65DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AB40

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

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