#C1AD37#C1AD37

#C1AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AD37
RGB	rgb(193, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -5.82, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 60.32, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.022 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6272, 41.5022, 9.6425)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AD37 #374BC1

analogous

#C16837 #C1AD37 #90C137

triadic

#C1AD37 #37C1AD #AD37C1

tetradic

#C1AD37 #37C168 #374BC1 #C13790

square

#C1AD37 #37C168 #374BC1 #C13790

split-complementary

#C1AD37 #3790C1 #6837C1

monochromatic

#62581C #918229 #C1AD37 #D2C263 #E0D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C1AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C1AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AD37

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AD37	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c575',
    500: '#c1ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ad37;
$custom-light: #d7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AD37

secondary

#8992CB

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AD37

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

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