#C1AE34#C1AE34

#C1AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE34
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 73.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -6.49, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 61.75, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0242 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7500, 41.8593, 9.3394)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE34 #3447C1

analogous

#C16734 #C1AE34 #8DC134

triadic

#C1AE34 #34C1AE #AE34C1

tetradic

#C1AE34 #34C167 #3447C1 #C1348D

square

#C1AE34 #34C167 #3447C1 #C1348D

split-complementary

#C1AE34 #348DC1 #6734C1

monochromatic

#61571A #918327 #C1AE34 #D4C45E #E1D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C1AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE34

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE34	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c574',
    500: '#c1ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae34;
$custom-light: #d8c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE34

secondary

#868FCB

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE34

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

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