#C1AE35#C1AE35

#C1AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE35
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -6.45, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 61.38, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.024 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7727, 41.8684, 9.4593)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE35 #3548C1

analogous

#C16835 #C1AE35 #8EC135

triadic

#C1AE35 #35C1AE #AE35C1

tetradic

#C1AE35 #35C168 #3548C1 #C1358E

square

#C1AE35 #35C168 #3548C1 #C1358E

split-complementary

#C1AE35 #358EC1 #6835C1

monochromatic

#61571B #918328 #C1AE35 #D3C460 #E0D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C1AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE35

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE35	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)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c574',
    500: '#c1ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae35;
$custom-light: #d7c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE35

secondary

#8790CB

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE35

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

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