#C1AE44#C1AE44

#C1AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE44
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -5.63, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 55.37, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.02 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1734, 42.0286, 11.5693)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE44 #4457C1

analogous

#C16F44 #C1AE44 #95C144

triadic

#C1AE44 #44C1AE #AE44C1

tetradic

#C1AE44 #44C16F #4457C1 #C14495

square

#C1AE44 #44C16F #4457C1 #C14495

split-complementary

#C1AE44 #4495C1 #6F44C1

monochromatic

#685E23 #968732 #C1AE44 #D0C272 #DFD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C1AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE44

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE44	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57d',
    500: '#c1ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae44;
$custom-light: #d7c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE44

secondary

#959DCC

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE44

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

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