#C1B242#C1B242

#C1B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B242
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -7.84, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 57.58, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0265 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.132 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8977, 43.5732, 11.5148)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B242 #4251C1

analogous

#C17242 #C1B242 #91C142

triadic

#C1B242 #42C1B2 #B242C1

tetradic

#C1B242 #42C172 #4251C1 #C14291

square

#C1B242 #42C172 #4251C1 #C14291

split-complementary

#C1B242 #4291C1 #7242C1

monochromatic

#675F22 #958931 #C1B242 #D0C570 #DFD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C1B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B242

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B242	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c87c',
    500: '#c1b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b242;
$custom-light: #d7c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B242

secondary

#939ACC

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B242

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

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