#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
RGBrgb(193, 173, 56)
HSLhsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.4%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.53, -5.77, 59.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.53, 59.94, 95.53°)
OKLaboklab(74.4% -0.0218 0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(74.4% 0.134 99.3)
XYZxyz(37.6515, 41.5119, 9.7700)
Luminance0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C1AD381.002.269.309.30
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3021.001.001.00
##0000009.3021.001.001.00

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

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#C1AD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva