#C1B461#C1B461

#C1B461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.106 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B461
RGB	rgb(193, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -6.55, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 44.15, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0193 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4724, 44.8444, 17.8309)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B461 #616EC1

analogous

#C18461 #C1B461 #9EC161

triadic

#C1B461 #61C1B4 #B461C1

tetradic

#C1B461 #61C184 #616EC1 #C1619E

square

#C1B461 #61C184 #616EC1 #C1619E

split-complementary

#C1B461 #619EC1 #8461C1

monochromatic

#786E2F #A49740 #C1B461 #D2C98D #E3DEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C1B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C1B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B461

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B461	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.106 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca90',
    500: '#c1b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b461;
$custom-light: #d6ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B461

secondary

#ABB1D2

accent

#66D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B461

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

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