#C1B23A#C1B23A

#C1B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B23A
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 69.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -8.29, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 60.79, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0287 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6781, 43.4854, 10.3583)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B23A #3A49C1

analogous

#C16E3A #C1B23A #8DC13A

triadic

#C1B23A #3AC1B2 #B23AC1

tetradic

#C1B23A #3AC16E #3A49C1 #C13A8D

square

#C1B23A #3AC16E #3A49C1 #C13A8D

split-complementary

#C1B23A #3A8DC1 #6E3AC1

monochromatic

#635B1E #92872C #C1B23A #D1C567 #DFD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C1B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B23A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B23A	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c877',
    500: '#c1b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b23a;
$custom-light: #d7c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B23A

secondary

#8C93CB

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B23A

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

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