#C1B255#C1B255

#C1B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B255
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -6.53, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 49.14, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0206 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5538, 43.8357, 14.9702)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B255 #5564C1

analogous

#C17C55 #C1B255 #9AC155

triadic

#C1B255 #55C1B2 #B255C1

tetradic

#C1B255 #55C17C #5564C1 #C1559A

square

#C1B255 #55C17C #5564C1 #C1559A

split-complementary

#C1B255 #559AC1 #7C55C1

monochromatic

#72682A #9F913A #C1B255 #D1C682 #E2DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C1B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C1B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B255

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B255	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c888',
    500: '#c1b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b255;
$custom-light: #d6c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B255

secondary

#A2A8D0

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B255

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

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