#C1B539#C1B539

#C1B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B539
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 70.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -9.89, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 62.19, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0333 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2564, 44.6822, 10.4268)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B539 #3945C1

analogous

#C17139 #C1B539 #89C139

triadic

#C1B539 #39C1B5 #B539C1

tetradic

#C1B539 #39C171 #3945C1 #C13989

square

#C1B539 #39C171 #3945C1 #C13989

split-complementary

#C1B539 #3989C1 #7139C1

monochromatic

#635C1D #92892B #C1B539 #D2C866 #E0D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C1B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C1B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B539

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B539	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca77',
    500: '#c1b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b539;
$custom-light: #d7ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B539

secondary

#8B91CB

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B539

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

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