#C1AE37#C1AE37

#C1AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE37
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -6.35, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 60.63, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0235 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.8197, 41.8872, 9.7066)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE37 #374AC1

analogous

#C16937 #C1AE37 #8FC137

triadic

#C1AE37 #37C1AE #AE37C1

tetradic

#C1AE37 #37C169 #374AC1 #C1378F

square

#C1AE37 #37C169 #374AC1 #C1378F

split-complementary

#C1AE37 #378FC1 #6937C1

monochromatic

#62581C #918329 #C1AE37 #D2C363 #E0D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C1AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE37

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE37	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c575',
    500: '#c1ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae37;
$custom-light: #d7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE37

secondary

#8992CB

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE37

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

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