#C1AC38#C1AC38

#C1AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AC38
RGB	rgb(193, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -5.25, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 59.62, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0203 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.134 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4604, 41.1298, 9.7063)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AC38 #384DC1

analogous

#C16838 #C1AC38 #92C138

triadic

#C1AC38 #38C1AC #AC38C1

tetradic

#C1AC38 #38C168 #384DC1 #C13892

square

#C1AC38 #38C168 #384DC1 #C13892

split-complementary

#C1AC38 #3892C1 #6838C1

monochromatic

#62571C #92822A #C1AC38 #D2C164 #E0D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C1AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C1AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AC38

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AC38	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c476',
    500: '#c1ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ac38;
$custom-light: #d7c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AC38

secondary

#8A94CB

accent

#60DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AC38

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

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