#C1AE40#C1AE40

#C1AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE40
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -5.87, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 57.06, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0211 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0555, 41.9815, 10.9482)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE40 #4053C1

analogous

#C16E40 #C1AE40 #93C140

triadic

#C1AE40 #40C1AE #AE40C1

tetradic

#C1AE40 #40C16E #4053C1 #C14093

square

#C1AE40 #40C16E #4053C1 #C14093

split-complementary

#C1AE40 #4093C1 #6E40C1

monochromatic

#665C21 #948530 #C1AE40 #D0C26E #DFD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C1AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE40

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE40	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57a',
    500: '#c1ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae40;
$custom-light: #d7c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE40

secondary

#929ACB

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE40

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

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