#C1AE43#C1AE43

#C1AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE43
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -5.69, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 55.80, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0203 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1431, 42.0165, 11.4100)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE43 #4356C1

analogous

#C16F43 #C1AE43 #95C143

triadic

#C1AE43 #43C1AE #AE43C1

tetradic

#C1AE43 #43C16F #4356C1 #C14395

square

#C1AE43 #43C16F #4356C1 #C14395

split-complementary

#C1AE43 #4395C1 #6F43C1

monochromatic

#675D22 #958631 #C1AE43 #D0C271 #DFD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C1AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE43

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE43	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)

#BEAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57c',
    500: '#c1ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae43;
$custom-light: #d7c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE43

secondary

#949CCC

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE43

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

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