#C1B939#C1B939

#C1B939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B939
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -11.95, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 63.59, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0391 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.144 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0814, 46.3323, 10.7018)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B939 #3941C1

analogous

#C17539 #C1B939 #85C139

triadic

#C1B939 #39C1B9 #B939C1

tetradic

#C1B939 #39C175 #3941C1 #C13985

square

#C1B939 #39C175 #3941C1 #C13985

split-complementary

#C1B939 #3985C1 #7539C1

monochromatic

#635E1D #928C2B #C1B939 #D2CB66 #E0DB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C1B939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#C1B939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B939

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B939	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd78',
    500: '#c1b939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b939;
$custom-light: #d7cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B939

secondary

#8B8FCB

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B939

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

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