#C1B338#C1B338

#C1B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B338
RGB	rgb(193, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -8.91, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 61.89, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0307 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8279, 43.8648, 10.1621)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B338 #3846C1

analogous

#C16F38 #C1B338 #8BC138

triadic

#C1B338 #38C1B3 #B338C1

tetradic

#C1B338 #38C16F #3846C1 #C1388B

square

#C1B338 #38C16F #3846C1 #C1388B

split-complementary

#C1B338 #388BC1 #6F38C1

monochromatic

#625B1C #92872A #C1B338 #D2C764 #E0D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C1B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C1B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B338

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B338	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c976',
    500: '#c1b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b338;
$custom-light: #d7c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75677,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B338

secondary

#8A90CB

accent

#59DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B338

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

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