#C1B138#C1B138

#C1B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B138
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -7.87, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 61.22, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0277 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4300, 43.0689, 10.0295)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B138 #3848C1

analogous

#C16D38 #C1B138 #8DC138

triadic

#C1B138 #38C1B1 #B138C1

tetradic

#C1B138 #38C16D #3848C1 #C1388D

square

#C1B138 #38C16D #3848C1 #C1388D

split-complementary

#C1B138 #388DC1 #6D38C1

monochromatic

#625A1C #92852A #C1B138 #D2C564 #E0D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C1B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C1B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B138

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B138	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c876',
    500: '#c1b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b138;
$custom-light: #d7c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75251,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B138

secondary

#8A91CB

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B138

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

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