#C1B232#C1B232

#C1B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B232
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 74.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -8.67, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 63.73, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0306 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4902, 43.4102, 9.3686)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B232 #3241C1

analogous

#C16A32 #C1B232 #89C132

triadic

#C1B232 #32C1B2 #B232C1

tetradic

#C1B232 #32C16A #3241C1 #C13289

square

#C1B232 #32C16A #3241C1 #C13289

split-complementary

#C1B232 #3289C1 #6A32C1

monochromatic

#605819 #908525 #C1B232 #D5C85C #E1D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C1B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B232

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B232	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)

#C3AC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c873',
    500: '#c1b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b232;
$custom-light: #d8c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B232

secondary

#838BCB

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B232

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

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