#C1B23B#C1B23B

#C1B23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B23B
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 69.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -8.23, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 60.40, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0284 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.7038, 43.4957, 10.4936)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B23B #3B4AC1

analogous

#C16F3B #C1B23B #8DC13B

triadic

#C1B23B #3BC1B2 #B23BC1

tetradic

#C1B23B #3BC16F #3B4AC1 #C13B8D

square

#C1B23B #3BC16F #3B4AC1 #C13B8D

split-complementary

#C1B23B #3B8DC1 #6F3BC1

monochromatic

#635C1E #92872D #C1B23B #D1C568 #DFD797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C1B23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C1B23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B23B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B23B	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)

#C2AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c878',
    500: '#c1b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b23b;
$custom-light: #d7c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B23B

secondary

#8D94CB

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B23B

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

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