#C1B237#C1B237

#C1B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B237
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -8.44, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 61.93, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0294 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6040, 43.4557, 9.9681)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B237 #3746C1

analogous

#C16D37 #C1B237 #8BC137

triadic

#C1B237 #37C1B2 #B237C1

tetradic

#C1B237 #37C16D #3746C1 #C1378B

square

#C1B237 #37C16D #3746C1 #C1378B

split-complementary

#C1B237 #378BC1 #6D37C1

monochromatic

#625A1C #918629 #C1B237 #D2C663 #E0D892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C1B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B237

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B237	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c876',
    500: '#c1b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b237;
$custom-light: #d7c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B237

secondary

#8990CB

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B237

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

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