#C1B149#C1B149

#C1B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B149
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -6.88, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 54.23, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.023 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9186, 43.2644, 12.6029)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B149 #4959C1

analogous

#C17549 #C1B149 #95C149

triadic

#C1B149 #49C1B1 #B149C1

tetradic

#C1B149 #49C175 #4959C1 #C14995

square

#C1B149 #49C175 #4959C1 #C14995

split-complementary

#C1B149 #4995C1 #7549C1

monochromatic

#6B6224 #998B34 #C1B149 #D1C577 #E0D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C1B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C1B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B149

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B149	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c880',
    500: '#c1b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b149;
$custom-light: #d7c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75398,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B149

secondary

#99A0CD

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B149

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

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