#C1B253#C1B253

#C1B253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B253
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -6.68, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 50.07, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0213 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4754, 43.8043, 14.5576)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B253 #5362C1

analogous

#C17B53 #C1B253 #99C153

triadic

#C1B253 #53C1B2 #B253C1

tetradic

#C1B253 #53C17B #5362C1 #C15399

square

#C1B253 #53C17B #5362C1 #C15399

split-complementary

#C1B253 #5399C1 #7B53C1

monochromatic

#716729 #9E9039 #C1B253 #D1C680 #E1DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C1B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C1B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B253

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B253	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c886',
    500: '#c1b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b253;
$custom-light: #d6c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B253

secondary

#A1A7CF

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B253

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

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