#C1B431#C1B431

#C1B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B431
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 74.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -9.75, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 64.73, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0337 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8697, 44.2034, 9.3898)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B431 #313EC1

analogous

#C16C31 #C1B431 #86C131

triadic

#C1B431 #31C1B4 #B431C1

tetradic

#C1B431 #31C16C #313EC1 #C13186

square

#C1B431 #31C16C #313EC1 #C13186

split-complementary

#C1B431 #3186C1 #6C31C1

monochromatic

#5F5918 #908625 #C1B431 #D5CA5A #E2DA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C1B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C1B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B431

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B431	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca73',
    500: '#c1b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b431;
$custom-light: #d8ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B431

secondary

#8289CC

accent

#53E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B431

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

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