#C1AE38#C1AE38

#C1AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE38
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -6.30, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 60.25, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0233 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8439, 41.8968, 9.8341)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE38 #384BC1

analogous

#C16A38 #C1AE38 #90C138

triadic

#C1AE38 #38C1AE #AE38C1

tetradic

#C1AE38 #38C16A #384BC1 #C13890

square

#C1AE38 #38C16A #384BC1 #C13890

split-complementary

#C1AE38 #3890C1 #6A38C1

monochromatic

#62581C #92832A #C1AE38 #D2C364 #E0D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C1AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE38

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE38	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)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c576',
    500: '#c1ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae38;
$custom-light: #d7c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74614,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE38

secondary

#8A93CB

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE38

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

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