#C1B161#C1B161

#C1B161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B161
RGB	rgb(193, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -4.98, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 42.99, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0148 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.103 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8733, 43.6463, 17.6312)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B161 #6171C1

analogous

#C18161 #C1B161 #A1C161

triadic

#C1B161 #61C1B1 #B161C1

tetradic

#C1B161 #61C181 #6171C1 #C161A1

square

#C1B161 #61C181 #6171C1 #C161A1

split-complementary

#C1B161 #61A1C1 #8161C1

monochromatic

#786C2F #A49440 #C1B161 #D2C78D #E3DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C1B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B161

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B161	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c890',
    500: '#c1b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b161;
$custom-light: #d6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B161

secondary

#ABB2D2

accent

#6AD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B161

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

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