#C1B545#C1B545

#C1B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B545
RGB	rgb(193, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 64.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -9.22, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 57.39, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0301 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5919, 44.8164, 12.1940)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B545 #4551C1

analogous

#C17745 #C1B545 #8FC145

triadic

#C1B545 #45C1B5 #B545C1

tetradic

#C1B545 #45C177 #4551C1 #C1458F

square

#C1B545 #45C177 #4551C1 #C1458F

split-complementary

#C1B545 #458FC1 #7745C1

monochromatic

#696223 #978D32 #C1B545 #D0C773 #E0DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C1B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C1B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B545

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B545	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca7e',
    500: '#c1b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b545;
$custom-light: #d7ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B545

secondary

#969BCC

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B545

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

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