#C1AE41#C1AE41

#C1AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE41
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -5.81, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 56.64, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0209 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0842, 41.9929, 11.0994)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE41 #4154C1

analogous

#C16E41 #C1AE41 #94C141

triadic

#C1AE41 #41C1AE #AE41C1

tetradic

#C1AE41 #41C16E #4154C1 #C14194

square

#C1AE41 #41C16E #4154C1 #C14194

split-complementary

#C1AE41 #4194C1 #6E41C1

monochromatic

#665C21 #948630 #C1AE41 #D0C26F #DFD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C1AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE41

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57b',
    500: '#c1ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae41;
$custom-light: #d7c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE41

secondary

#929BCB

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE41

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

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