#C1B045#C1B045

#C1B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B045
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -6.61, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 55.62, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5934, 42.8195, 11.8612)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B045 #4556C1

analogous

#C17245 #C1B045 #94C145

triadic

#C1B045 #45C1B0 #B045C1

tetradic

#C1B045 #45C172 #4556C1 #C14594

square

#C1B045 #45C172 #4556C1 #C14594

split-complementary

#C1B045 #4594C1 #7245C1

monochromatic

#695F23 #978932 #C1B045 #D0C373 #E0D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C1B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C1B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B045

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B045	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c77e',
    500: '#c1b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b045;
$custom-light: #d7c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B045

secondary

#969DCC

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B045

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

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