#C1B738#C1B738

#C1B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B738
RGB	rgb(193, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -10.97, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 63.26, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0365 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6412, 45.4915, 10.4332)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B738 #3842C1

analogous

#C17338 #C1B738 #87C138

triadic

#C1B738 #38C1B7 #B738C1

tetradic

#C1B738 #38C173 #3842C1 #C13887

square

#C1B738 #38C173 #3842C1 #C13887

split-complementary

#C1B738 #3887C1 #7338C1

monochromatic

#625D1C #928A2A #C1B738 #D2CA64 #E0DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C1B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C1B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B738

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B738	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cc77',
    500: '#c1b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b738;
$custom-light: #d7cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76533,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B738

secondary

#8A8FCB

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B738

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

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