#C1B538#C1B538

#C1B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B538
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -9.94, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 62.56, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0336 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.141 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2317, 44.6723, 10.2967)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B538 #3844C1

analogous

#C17138 #C1B538 #89C138

triadic

#C1B538 #38C1B5 #B538C1

tetradic

#C1B538 #38C171 #3844C1 #C13889

square

#C1B538 #38C171 #3844C1 #C13889

split-complementary

#C1B538 #3889C1 #7138C1

monochromatic

#625C1C #92892A #C1B538 #D2C864 #E0D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C1B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C1B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B538

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B538	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca77',
    500: '#c1b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b538;
$custom-light: #d7ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76104,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B538

secondary

#8A90CB

accent

#56DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B538

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

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