#C1AE30#C1AE30

#C1AE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE30
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 75.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -6.67, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 63.17, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0251 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6637, 41.8248, 8.8848)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE30 #3043C1

analogous

#C16630 #C1AE30 #8CC130

triadic

#C1AE30 #30C1AE #AE30C1

tetradic

#C1AE30 #30C166 #3043C1 #C1308C

square

#C1AE30 #30C166 #3043C1 #C1308C

split-complementary

#C1AE30 #308CC1 #6630C1

monochromatic

#5F5618 #908224 #C1AE30 #D6C559 #E2D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C1AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE30

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE30	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c572',
    500: '#c1ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae30;
$custom-light: #d8c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE30

secondary

#818BCC

accent

#59E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE30

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

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