#C1AF37#C1AF37

#C1AF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AF37
RGB	rgb(193, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -6.87, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 60.95, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.025 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0136, 42.2750, 9.7713)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AF37 #3749C1

analogous

#C16A37 #C1AF37 #8EC137

triadic

#C1AF37 #37C1AF #AF37C1

tetradic

#C1AF37 #37C16A #3749C1 #C1378E

square

#C1AF37 #37C16A #3749C1 #C1378E

split-complementary

#C1AF37 #378EC1 #6A37C1

monochromatic

#62591C #918429 #C1AF37 #D2C463 #E0D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C1AF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C1AF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AF37

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AF37	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1af37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c676',
    500: '#c1af37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1af37;
$custom-light: #d7c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1af37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AF37

secondary

#8991CB

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AF37

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

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