#C1B442#C1B442

#C1B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B442
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -8.88, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 58.29, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0295 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2985, 44.3749, 11.6484)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B442 #424FC1

analogous

#C17442 #C1B442 #8EC142

triadic

#C1B442 #42C1B4 #B442C1

tetradic

#C1B442 #42C174 #424FC1 #C1428E

square

#C1B442 #42C174 #424FC1 #C1428E

split-complementary

#C1B442 #428EC1 #7442C1

monochromatic

#676022 #958B31 #C1B442 #D0C670 #DFD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C1B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C1B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B442

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B442	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca7c',
    500: '#c1b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b442;
$custom-light: #d7ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7597,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B442

secondary

#9399CC

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B442

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

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