#C1B240#C1B240

#C1B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B240
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -7.96, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 58.41, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0271 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8398, 43.5500, 11.2096)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B240 #404FC1

analogous

#C17140 #C1B240 #90C140

triadic

#C1B240 #40C1B2 #B240C1

tetradic

#C1B240 #40C171 #404FC1 #C14090

square

#C1B240 #40C171 #404FC1 #C14090

split-complementary

#C1B240 #4090C1 #7140C1

monochromatic

#665E21 #948830 #C1B240 #D0C56E #DFD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C1B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B240

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B240	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c87b',
    500: '#c1b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b240;
$custom-light: #d7c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B240

secondary

#9298CB

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B240

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

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