#C1B142#C1B142

#C1B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B142
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -7.32, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 57.24, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0251 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6994, 43.1767, 11.4487)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B142 #4252C1

analogous

#C17142 #C1B142 #91C142

triadic

#C1B142 #42C1B1 #B142C1

tetradic

#C1B142 #42C171 #4252C1 #C14291

square

#C1B142 #42C171 #4252C1 #C14291

split-complementary

#C1B142 #4291C1 #7142C1

monochromatic

#675E22 #958831 #C1B142 #D0C470 #DFD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C1B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C1B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B142

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B142	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c87c',
    500: '#c1b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b142;
$custom-light: #d7c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B142

secondary

#939ACC

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B142

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

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