#C1B233#C1B233

#C1B233 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	#C1B233
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 73.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -8.62, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 63.38, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0304 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5120, 43.4189, 9.4834)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B233 #3342C1

analogous

#C16B33 #C1B233 #89C133

triadic

#C1B233 #33C1B2 #B233C1

tetradic

#C1B233 #33C16B #3342C1 #C13389

square

#C1B233 #33C16B #3342C1 #C13389

split-complementary

#C1B233 #3389C1 #6B33C1

monochromatic

#605919 #918526 #C1B233 #D4C85D #E1D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C1B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B233

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B233	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)

#C3AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c874',
    500: '#c1b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b233;
$custom-light: #d8c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B233

secondary

#848CCB

accent

#57E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B233

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

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