#C1B438#C1B438

#C1B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B438
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -9.43, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 62.22, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0321 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0291, 44.2671, 10.2292)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B438 #3845C1

analogous

#C17038 #C1B438 #8AC138

triadic

#C1B438 #38C1B4 #B438C1

tetradic

#C1B438 #38C170 #3845C1 #C1388A

square

#C1B438 #38C170 #3845C1 #C1388A

split-complementary

#C1B438 #388AC1 #7038C1

monochromatic

#625C1C #92882A #C1B438 #D2C864 #E0D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C1B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C1B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B438

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B438	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca77',
    500: '#c1b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b438;
$custom-light: #d7ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B438

secondary

#8A90CB

accent

#58DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B438

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

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