#C1B355#C1B355

#C1B355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B355
RGB	rgb(193, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -7.05, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 49.51, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0221 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7535, 44.2350, 15.0368)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B355 #5563C1

analogous

#C17D55 #C1B355 #99C155

triadic

#C1B355 #55C1B3 #B355C1

tetradic

#C1B355 #55C17D #5563C1 #C15599

square

#C1B355 #55C17D #5563C1 #C15599

split-complementary

#C1B355 #5599C1 #7D55C1

monochromatic

#72692A #9F923A #C1B355 #D1C782 #E2DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C1B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C1B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B355

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B355	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c988',
    500: '#c1b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b355;
$custom-light: #d6c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75952,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B355

secondary

#A2A8D0

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B355

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

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