#C1B838#C1B838

#C1B838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B838
RGB	rgb(193, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -11.49, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 63.61, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0379 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8482, 45.9055, 10.5022)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B838 #3841C1

analogous

#C17438 #C1B838 #86C138

triadic

#C1B838 #38C1B8 #B838C1

tetradic

#C1B838 #38C174 #3841C1 #C13886

square

#C1B838 #38C174 #3841C1 #C13886

split-complementary

#C1B838 #3886C1 #7438C1

monochromatic

#625E1C #928B2A #C1B838 #D2CB64 #E0DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C1B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#C1B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B838

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B838	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd77',
    500: '#c1b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b838;
$custom-light: #d7cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76747,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B838

secondary

#8A8ECB

accent

#53DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B838

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

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