#C1AD45#C1AD45

#C1AD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AD45
RGB	rgb(193, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -5.04, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 54.61, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0182 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0117, 41.6560, 11.6673)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AD45 #4559C1

analogous

#C16F45 #C1AD45 #97C145

triadic

#C1AD45 #45C1AD #AD45C1

tetradic

#C1AD45 #45C16F #4559C1 #C14597

square

#C1AD45 #45C16F #4559C1 #C14597

split-complementary

#C1AD45 #4597C1 #6F45C1

monochromatic

#695D23 #978632 #C1AD45 #D0C173 #E0D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C1AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C1AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AD45

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AD45	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57d',
    500: '#c1ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ad45;
$custom-light: #d7c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AD45

secondary

#969ECC

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AD45

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

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