#C1AE47#C1AE47

#C1AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE47
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -5.44, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 54.07, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0191 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2673, 42.0662, 12.0639)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE47 #475AC1

analogous

#C17147 #C1AE47 #97C147

triadic

#C1AE47 #47C1AE #AE47C1

tetradic

#C1AE47 #47C171 #475AC1 #C14797

square

#C1AE47 #47C171 #475AC1 #C14797

split-complementary

#C1AE47 #4797C1 #7147C1

monochromatic

#6A5F24 #988833 #C1AE47 #D0C275 #E0D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C1AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE47

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE47	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57f',
    500: '#c1ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae47;
$custom-light: #d7c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74744,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE47

secondary

#979FCD

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE47

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

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