#C1AF40#C1AF40

#C1AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AF40
RGB	rgb(193, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -6.39, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 57.39, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0226 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(38.2494, 42.3693, 11.0128)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AF40 #4052C1

analogous

#C16E40 #C1AF40 #92C140

triadic

#C1AF40 #40C1AF #AF40C1

tetradic

#C1AF40 #40C16E #4052C1 #C14092

square

#C1AF40 #40C16E #4052C1 #C14092

split-complementary

#C1AF40 #4092C1 #6E40C1

monochromatic

#665C21 #948630 #C1AF40 #D0C26E #DFD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C1AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C1AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AF40

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AF40	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c67b',
    500: '#c1af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1af40;
$custom-light: #d7c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.42368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AF40

secondary

#929ACB

accent

#61DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AF40

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

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