#C1AE52#C1AE52

#C1AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE52
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 57.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -4.66, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 49.09, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0156 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6528, 42.2204, 14.0943)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE52 #5265C1

analogous

#C17752 #C1AE52 #9DC152

triadic

#C1AE52 #52C1AE #AE52C1

tetradic

#C1AE52 #52C177 #5265C1 #C1529D

square

#C1AE52 #52C177 #5265C1 #C1529D

split-complementary

#C1AE52 #529DC1 #7752C1

monochromatic

#706428 #9D8C38 #C1AE52 #D1C37F #E1D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C1AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C1AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE52

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE52	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c586',
    500: '#c1ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae52;
$custom-light: #d6c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74862,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE52

secondary

#A0A8CF

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE52

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

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