#C1AE3E#C1AE3E

#C1AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE3E
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -5.98, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 57.88, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0217 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9996, 41.9591, 10.6538)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE3E #3E51C1

analogous

#C16D3E #C1AE3E #92C13E

triadic

#C1AE3E #3EC1AE #AE3EC1

tetradic

#C1AE3E #3EC16D #3E51C1 #C13E92

square

#C1AE3E #3EC16D #3E51C1 #C13E92

split-complementary

#C1AE3E #3E92C1 #6D3EC1

monochromatic

#645A20 #93842F #C1AE3E #D0C16C #DFD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C1AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C1AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE3E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c579',
    500: '#c1ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae3e;
$custom-light: #d7c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 51.373,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE3E

secondary

#9099CB

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE3E

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

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