#C1B050#C1B050

#C1B050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B050
RGB	rgb(193, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -5.86, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 50.73, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0193 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9671, 42.9689, 13.8291)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B050 #5061C1

analogous

#C17750 #C1B050 #99C150

triadic

#C1B050 #50C1B0 #B050C1

tetradic

#C1B050 #50C177 #5061C1 #C15099

square

#C1B050 #50C177 #5061C1 #C15099

split-complementary

#C1B050 #5099C1 #7750C1

monochromatic

#6F6427 #9C8D37 #C1B050 #D1C47D #E1D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C1B050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C1B050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B050

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B050	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c784',
    500: '#c1b050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b050;
$custom-light: #d6c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B050

secondary

#9EA5CF

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B050

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

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