#C1AE3B#C1AE3B

#C1AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE3B
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -6.14, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 59.08, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0225 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9195, 41.9271, 10.2322)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE3B #3B4EC1

analogous

#C16B3B #C1AE3B #91C13B

triadic

#C1AE3B #3BC1AE #AE3BC1

tetradic

#C1AE3B #3BC16B #3B4EC1 #C13B91

square

#C1AE3B #3BC16B #3B4EC1 #C13B91

split-complementary

#C1AE3B #3B91C1 #6B3BC1

monochromatic

#63591E #92842D #C1AE3B #D1C268 #DFD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C1AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE3B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE3B	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c578',
    500: '#c1ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae3b;
$custom-light: #d7c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74637,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE3B

secondary

#8D96CB

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE3B

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

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