#C1AF38#C1AF38

#C1AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AF38
RGB	rgb(193, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -6.82, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 60.57, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0248 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0378, 42.2847, 9.8988)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AF38 #384AC1

analogous

#C16B38 #C1AF38 #8FC138

triadic

#C1AF38 #38C1AF #AF38C1

tetradic

#C1AF38 #38C16B #384AC1 #C1388F

square

#C1AF38 #38C16B #384AC1 #C1388F

split-complementary

#C1AF38 #388FC1 #6B38C1

monochromatic

#62591C #92842A #C1AF38 #D2C464 #E0D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C1AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C1AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AF38

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AF38	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c676',
    500: '#c1af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1af38;
$custom-light: #d7c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AF38

secondary

#8A92CB

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AF38

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

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