#C1B261#C1B261

#C1B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B261
RGB	rgb(193, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -5.50, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 43.37, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0163 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.0716, 44.0428, 17.6973)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B261 #6170C1

analogous

#C18261 #C1B261 #A0C161

triadic

#C1B261 #61C1B2 #B261C1

tetradic

#C1B261 #61C182 #6170C1 #C161A0

square

#C1B261 #61C182 #6170C1 #C161A0

split-complementary

#C1B261 #61A0C1 #8261C1

monochromatic

#786D2F #A49540 #C1B261 #D2C78D #E3DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C1B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C1B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B261

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B261	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c890',
    500: '#c1b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b261;
$custom-light: #d6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75895,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.44041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B261

secondary

#ABB1D2

accent

#68D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B261

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

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