#C1B535#C1B535

#C1B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B535
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -10.09, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 63.66, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0343 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.143 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1605, 44.6438, 9.9218)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B535 #3541C1

analogous

#C16F35 #C1B535 #87C135

triadic

#C1B535 #35C1B5 #B535C1

tetradic

#C1B535 #35C16F #3541C1 #C13587

square

#C1B535 #35C16F #3541C1 #C13587

split-complementary

#C1B535 #3587C1 #6F35C1

monochromatic

#615B1B #918828 #C1B535 #D3C960 #E0DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C1B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C1B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B535

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B535	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca75',
    500: '#c1b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b535;
$custom-light: #d7ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B535

secondary

#878CCB

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B535

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

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