#C1AD40#C1AD40

#C1AD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AD40
RGB	rgb(193, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -5.34, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 56.73, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0196 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8630, 41.5965, 10.8840)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AD40 #4054C1

analogous

#C16D40 #C1AD40 #94C140

triadic

#C1AD40 #40C1AD #AD40C1

tetradic

#C1AD40 #40C16D #4054C1 #C14094

square

#C1AD40 #40C16D #4054C1 #C14094

split-complementary

#C1AD40 #4094C1 #6D40C1

monochromatic

#665B21 #948430 #C1AD40 #D0C16E #DFD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C1AD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C1AD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AD40

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AD40	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57a',
    500: '#c1ad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ad40;
$custom-light: #d7c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74468,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AD40

secondary

#929BCB

accent

#63DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AD40

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

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