#C1B451#C1B451

#C1B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B451
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -7.88, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 51.74, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0249 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8002, 44.5756, 14.2904)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B451 #515EC1

analogous

#C17C51 #C1B451 #96C151

triadic

#C1B451 #51C1B4 #B451C1

tetradic

#C1B451 #51C17C #515EC1 #C15196

square

#C1B451 #51C17C #515EC1 #C15196

split-complementary

#C1B451 #5196C1 #7C51C1

monochromatic

#706728 #9D9138 #C1B451 #D1C77E #E1DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C1B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C1B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B451

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B451	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca85',
    500: '#c1b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b451;
$custom-light: #d6ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76119,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B451

secondary

#9FA5CF

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B451

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

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