#C1B241#C1B241

#C1B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B241
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -7.90, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 58.00, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0268 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8685, 43.5615, 11.3608)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B241 #4150C1

analogous

#C17241 #C1B241 #90C141

triadic

#C1B241 #41C1B2 #B241C1

tetradic

#C1B241 #41C172 #4150C1 #C14190

square

#C1B241 #41C172 #4150C1 #C14190

split-complementary

#C1B241 #4190C1 #7241C1

monochromatic

#665E21 #948930 #C1B241 #D0C56F #DFD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C1B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B241

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B241	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)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c87b',
    500: '#c1b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b241;
$custom-light: #d7c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B241

secondary

#9299CB

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B241

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

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