#C1B037#C1B037

#C1B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B037
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -7.40, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.27, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0265 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2090, 42.6657, 9.8364)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B037 #3748C1

analogous

#C16B37 #C1B037 #8DC137

triadic

#C1B037 #37C1B0 #B037C1

tetradic

#C1B037 #37C16B #3748C1 #C1378D

square

#C1B037 #37C16B #3748C1 #C1378D

split-complementary

#C1B037 #378DC1 #6B37C1

monochromatic

#62591C #918529 #C1B037 #D2C563 #E0D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C1B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B037

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B037	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c776',
    500: '#c1b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b037;
$custom-light: #d7c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75031,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B037

secondary

#8991CB

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B037

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

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