#C1B840#C1B840

#C1B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B840
RGB	rgb(193, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -11.06, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 60.54, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0359 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(40.0598, 45.9901, 11.6163)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B840 #4049C1

analogous

#C17740 #C1B840 #89C140

triadic

#C1B840 #40C1B8 #B840C1

tetradic

#C1B840 #40C177 #4049C1 #C14089

square

#C1B840 #40C177 #4049C1 #C14089

split-complementary

#C1B840 #4089C1 #7740C1

monochromatic

#666121 #948D30 #C1B840 #D0C96E #DFDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C1B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C1B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B840

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B840	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd7b',
    500: '#c1b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b840;
$custom-light: #d7cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.45989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B840

secondary

#9296CB

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B840

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

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