#C1B540#C1B540

#C1B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B540
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -9.52, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 59.46, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0315 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4432, 44.7569, 11.4108)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B540 #404CC1

analogous

#C17540 #C1B540 #8CC140

triadic

#C1B540 #40C1B5 #B540C1

tetradic

#C1B540 #40C175 #404CC1 #C1408C

square

#C1B540 #40C175 #404CC1 #C1408C

split-complementary

#C1B540 #408CC1 #7540C1

monochromatic

#665F21 #948B30 #C1B540 #D0C76E #DFD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C1B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C1B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B540

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B540	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca7b',
    500: '#c1b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b540;
$custom-light: #d7ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76166,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B540

secondary

#9297CB

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B540

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

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