#C1AE48#C1AE48

#C1AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE48
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -5.37, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 53.63, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0188 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2997, 42.0791, 12.2343)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE48 #485BC1

analogous

#C17248 #C1AE48 #97C148

triadic

#C1AE48 #48C1AE #AE48C1

tetradic

#C1AE48 #48C172 #485BC1 #C14897

square

#C1AE48 #48C172 #485BC1 #C14897

split-complementary

#C1AE48 #4897C1 #7248C1

monochromatic

#6B5F24 #988834 #C1AE48 #D0C276 #E0D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C1AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE48

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE48	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57f',
    500: '#c1ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae48;
$custom-light: #d7c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74754,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE48

secondary

#98A0CD

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE48

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

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