#C1B533#C1B533

#C1B533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B533
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 73.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -10.18, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 64.37, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0348 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1154, 44.6258, 9.6846)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B533 #333FC1

analogous

#C16E33 #C1B533 #86C133

triadic

#C1B533 #33C1B5 #B533C1

tetradic

#C1B533 #33C16E #333FC1 #C13386

square

#C1B533 #33C16E #333FC1 #C13386

split-complementary

#C1B533 #3386C1 #6E33C1

monochromatic

#605A19 #918826 #C1B533 #D4CA5D #E1DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C1B533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C1B533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B533

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B533	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca74',
    500: '#c1b533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b533;
$custom-light: #d7ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B533

secondary

#848ACB

accent

#53E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B533

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

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