#C1B157#C1B157

#C1B157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B157
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -5.84, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 47.82, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0184 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4361, 43.4714, 15.3285)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B157 #5767C1

analogous

#C17C57 #C1B157 #9CC157

triadic

#C1B157 #57C1B1 #B157C1

tetradic

#C1B157 #57C17C #5767C1 #C1579C

square

#C1B157 #57C17C #5767C1 #C1579C

split-complementary

#C1B157 #579CC1 #7C57C1

monochromatic

#73682A #A0913B #C1B157 #D1C684 #E2DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C1B157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B157

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B157	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c889',
    500: '#c1b157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b157;
$custom-light: #d6c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B157

secondary

#A4AAD0

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B157

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

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