#C1B642#C1B642

#C1B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B642
RGB	rgb(193, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -9.92, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 59.00, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0324 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7052, 45.1882, 11.7839)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B642 #424DC1

analogous

#C17642 #C1B642 #8CC142

triadic

#C1B642 #42C1B6 #B642C1

tetradic

#C1B642 #42C176 #424DC1 #C1428C

square

#C1B642 #42C176 #424DC1 #C1428C

split-complementary

#C1B642 #428CC1 #7642C1

monochromatic

#676122 #958C31 #C1B642 #D0C870 #DFDA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C1B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C1B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B642

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B642	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cb7c',
    500: '#c1b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b642;
$custom-light: #d7cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76397,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B642

secondary

#9398CC

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B642

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

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