#C1AE72#C1AE72

#C1AE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.082 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AE72
RGB	rgb(193, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -1.67, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 33.32, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0036 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.082 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1666, 42.8259, 22.0668)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AE72 #7285C1

analogous

#C18772 #C1AE72 #ACC172

triadic

#C1AE72 #72C1AE #AE72C1

tetradic

#C1AE72 #72C187 #7285C1 #C172AC

square

#C1AE72 #72C187 #7285C1 #C172AC

split-complementary

#C1AE72 #72ACC1 #8772C1

monochromatic

#806F38 #AB944B #C1AE72 #D4C69D #E6DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1AE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C1AE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AE72

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AE72	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1ae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.082 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c69b',
    500: '#c1ae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1ae72;
$custom-light: #d5c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1ae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75324,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AE72

secondary

#B8C0D7

accent

#52B234

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AE72

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

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