#C1B042#C1B042

#C1B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B042
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -6.80, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 56.89, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0236 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5027, 42.7831, 11.3831)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B042 #4253C1

analogous

#C17142 #C1B042 #92C142

triadic

#C1B042 #42C1B0 #B042C1

tetradic

#C1B042 #42C171 #4253C1 #C14292

square

#C1B042 #42C171 #4253C1 #C14292

split-complementary

#C1B042 #4292C1 #7142C1

monochromatic

#675E22 #958831 #C1B042 #D0C370 #DFD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C1B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B042

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B042	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c77c',
    500: '#c1b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b042;
$custom-light: #d7c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B042

secondary

#939BCC

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B042

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

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