#C1B249#C1B249

#C1B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B249
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -7.40, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 54.59, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0245 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1168, 43.6609, 12.6690)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B249 #4958C1

analogous

#C17649 #C1B249 #94C149

triadic

#C1B249 #49C1B2 #B249C1

tetradic

#C1B249 #49C176 #4958C1 #C14994

square

#C1B249 #49C176 #4958C1 #C14994

split-complementary

#C1B249 #4994C1 #7649C1

monochromatic

#6B6224 #998C34 #C1B249 #D1C577 #E0D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C1B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C1B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B249

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B249	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c880',
    500: '#c1b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b249;
$custom-light: #d7c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B249

secondary

#999FCD

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B249

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

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