#C1B235#C1B235

#C1B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B235
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -8.53, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 62.66, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0299 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.14 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5570, 43.4370, 9.7207)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B235 #3544C1

analogous

#C16C35 #C1B235 #8AC135

triadic

#C1B235 #35C1B2 #B235C1

tetradic

#C1B235 #35C16C #3544C1 #C1358A

square

#C1B235 #35C16C #3544C1 #C1358A

split-complementary

#C1B235 #358AC1 #6C35C1

monochromatic

#61591B #918628 #C1B235 #D3C760 #E0D890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C1B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B235

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B235	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)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c875',
    500: '#c1b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b235;
$custom-light: #d7c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B235

secondary

#878ECB

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B235

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

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