#C1B449#C1B449

#C1B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B449
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -8.44, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 55.32, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0275 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5177, 44.4626, 12.8026)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B449 #4956C1

analogous

#C17849 #C1B449 #92C149

triadic

#C1B449 #49C1B4 #B449C1

tetradic

#C1B449 #49C178 #4956C1 #C14992

square

#C1B449 #49C178 #4956C1 #C14992

split-complementary

#C1B449 #4992C1 #7849C1

monochromatic

#6B6324 #998E34 #C1B449 #D1C777 #E0DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C1B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C1B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B449

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B449	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca80',
    500: '#c1b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b449;
$custom-light: #d7ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B449

secondary

#999ECD

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B449

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

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