#C1B038#C1B038

#C1B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B038
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -7.35, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 60.89, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0262 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2332, 42.6754, 9.9639)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B038 #3849C1

analogous

#C16C38 #C1B038 #8EC138

triadic

#C1B038 #38C1B0 #B038C1

tetradic

#C1B038 #38C16C #3849C1 #C1388E

square

#C1B038 #38C16C #3849C1 #C1388E

split-complementary

#C1B038 #388EC1 #6C38C1

monochromatic

#62591C #92852A #C1B038 #D2C464 #E0D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C1B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B038

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B038	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c776',
    500: '#c1b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b038;
$custom-light: #d7c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B038

secondary

#8A92CB

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B038

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

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