#C1AE4E#C1AE4E

#C1AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE4E
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 59.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -4.96, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 50.94, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0169 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.118 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5050, 42.1613, 13.3160)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE4E #4E61C1

analogous

#C1744E #C1AE4E #9AC14E

triadic

#C1AE4E #4EC1AE #AE4EC1

tetradic

#C1AE4E #4EC174 #4E61C1 #C14E9A

square

#C1AE4E #4EC174 #4E61C1 #C14E9A

split-complementary

#C1AE4E #4E9AC1 #744EC1

monochromatic

#6E6227 #9B8B36 #C1AE4E #D1C37B #E1D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C1AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C1AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE4E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE4E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c583',
    500: '#c1ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae4e;
$custom-light: #d6c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE4E

secondary

#9DA5CE

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE4E

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

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