#C1AD38#C1AD38

#C1AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AD38
RGB	rgb(193, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -5.77, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 59.94, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0218 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6515, 41.5119, 9.7700)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AD38 #384CC1

analogous

#C16938 #C1AD38 #91C138

triadic

#C1AD38 #38C1AD #AD38C1

tetradic

#C1AD38 #38C169 #384CC1 #C13891

square

#C1AD38 #38C169 #384CC1 #C13891

split-complementary

#C1AD38 #3891C1 #6938C1

monochromatic

#62581C #92822A #C1AD38 #D2C264 #E0D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C1AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C1AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AD38

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AD38	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)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c576',
    500: '#c1ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ad38;
$custom-light: #d7c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74402,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AD38

secondary

#8A93CB

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AD38

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

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