#C1B230#C1B230

#C1B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B230
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 75.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -8.75, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 64.42, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.031 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.143 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4480, 43.3933, 9.1463)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B230 #303FC1

analogous

#C16930 #C1B230 #88C130

triadic

#C1B230 #30C1B2 #B230C1

tetradic

#C1B230 #30C169 #303FC1 #C13088

square

#C1B230 #30C169 #303FC1 #C13088

split-complementary

#C1B230 #3088C1 #6930C1

monochromatic

#5F5818 #908524 #C1B230 #D6C959 #E2D98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C1B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B230

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B230	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)

#C3AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c872',
    500: '#c1b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b230;
$custom-light: #d8c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B230

secondary

#8189CC

accent

#55E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B230

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

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