#C1B040#C1B040

#C1B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B040
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -6.92, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 57.72, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0241 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4447, 42.7600, 11.0780)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B040 #4051C1

analogous

#C16F40 #C1B040 #91C140

triadic

#C1B040 #40C1B0 #B040C1

tetradic

#C1B040 #40C16F #4051C1 #C14091

square

#C1B040 #40C16F #4051C1 #C14091

split-complementary

#C1B040 #4091C1 #6F40C1

monochromatic

#665D21 #948730 #C1B040 #D0C36E #DFD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#C1B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B040

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B040	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c77b',
    500: '#c1b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b040;
$custom-light: #d7c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B040

secondary

#9299CB

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B040

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

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