#C1AE42#C1AE42

#C1AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE42
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -5.75, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 56.22, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0206 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1134, 42.0046, 11.2533)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE42 #4255C1

analogous

#C16E42 #C1AE42 #94C142

triadic

#C1AE42 #42C1AE #AE42C1

tetradic

#C1AE42 #42C16E #4255C1 #C14294

square

#C1AE42 #42C16E #4255C1 #C14294

split-complementary

#C1AE42 #4294C1 #6E42C1

monochromatic

#675D22 #958631 #C1AE42 #D0C270 #DFD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C1AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE42

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE42	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)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57c',
    500: '#c1ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae42;
$custom-light: #d7c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE42

secondary

#939CCC

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE42

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

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