#C1B333#C1B333

#C1B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B333
RGB	rgb(193, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 73.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -9.14, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 63.71, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0318 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7117, 43.8183, 9.5500)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B333 #3341C1

analogous

#C16C33 #C1B333 #88C133

triadic

#C1B333 #33C1B3 #B333C1

tetradic

#C1B333 #33C16C #3341C1 #C13388

square

#C1B333 #33C16C #3341C1 #C13388

split-complementary

#C1B333 #3388C1 #6C33C1

monochromatic

#605919 #918626 #C1B333 #D4C85D #E1D98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C1B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C1B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B333

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B333	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)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c974',
    500: '#c1b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b333;
$custom-light: #d8c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B333

secondary

#848BCB

accent

#56E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B333

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

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