#C1AC40#C1AC40

#C1AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AC40
RGB	rgb(193, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -4.82, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 56.41, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0181 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6720, 41.2145, 10.8204)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AC40 #4055C1

analogous

#C16C40 #C1AC40 #95C140

triadic

#C1AC40 #40C1AC #AC40C1

tetradic

#C1AC40 #40C16C #4055C1 #C14095

square

#C1AC40 #40C16C #4055C1 #C14095

split-complementary

#C1AC40 #4095C1 #6C40C1

monochromatic

#665A21 #948430 #C1AC40 #D0C06E #DFD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C1AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C1AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AC40

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AC40	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c47a',
    500: '#c1ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ac40;
$custom-light: #d7c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74257,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AC40

secondary

#929BCB

accent

#64DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AC40

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

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