#C1B940#C1B940

#C1B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B940
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -11.58, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 60.91, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0374 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2682, 46.4070, 11.6858)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B940 #4048C1

analogous

#C17840 #C1B940 #88C140

triadic

#C1B940 #40C1B9 #B940C1

tetradic

#C1B940 #40C178 #4048C1 #C14088

square

#C1B940 #40C178 #4048C1 #C14088

split-complementary

#C1B940 #4088C1 #7840C1

monochromatic

#666121 #948E30 #C1B940 #D0CA6E #DFDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C1B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C1B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B940

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B940	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd7b',
    500: '#c1b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b940;
$custom-light: #d7cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B940

secondary

#9295CB

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B940

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

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