#C1B151#C1B151

#C1B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B151
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -6.31, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 50.63, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0204 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.2011, 43.3774, 14.0908)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B151 #5161C1

analogous

#C17951 #C1B151 #99C151

triadic

#C1B151 #51C1B1 #B151C1

tetradic

#C1B151 #51C179 #5161C1 #C15199

square

#C1B151 #51C179 #5161C1 #C15199

split-complementary

#C1B151 #5199C1 #7951C1

monochromatic

#706528 #9D8E38 #C1B151 #D1C57E #E1D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C1B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B151

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B151	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c885',
    500: '#c1b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b151;
$custom-light: #d6c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B151

secondary

#9FA6CF

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B151

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

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