#C1AF45#C1AF45

#C1AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1AF45
RGB	rgb(193, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -6.09, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 55.28, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3981, 42.4288, 11.7961)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1AF45 #4557C1

analogous

#C17145 #C1AF45 #95C145

triadic

#C1AF45 #45C1AF #AF45C1

tetradic

#C1AF45 #45C171 #4557C1 #C14595

square

#C1AF45 #45C171 #4557C1 #C14595

split-complementary

#C1AF45 #4595C1 #7145C1

monochromatic

#695F23 #978832 #C1AF45 #D0C373 #E0D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C1AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C1AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1AF45

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1AF45	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c67d',
    500: '#c1af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1af45;
$custom-light: #d7c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1AF45

secondary

#969ECC

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1AF45

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

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