#C1B855#C1B855

#C1B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B855
RGB	rgb(193, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 56%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -9.65, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 51.46, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0295 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.121 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7738, 46.2757, 15.3769)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B855 #555EC1

analogous

#C18255 #C1B855 #94C155

triadic

#C1B855 #55C1B8 #B855C1

tetradic

#C1B855 #55C182 #555EC1 #C15594

square

#C1B855 #55C182 #555EC1 #C15594

split-complementary

#C1B855 #5594C1 #8255C1

monochromatic

#726C2A #9F963A #C1B855 #D1CB82 #E2DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C1B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C1B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B855

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B855	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd88',
    500: '#c1b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b855;
$custom-light: #d6cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B855

secondary

#A2A6D0

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B855

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

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