#C1B941#C1B941

#C1B941 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	#C1B941
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -11.52, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 60.51, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0371 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2969, 46.4185, 11.8370)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B941 #4149C1

analogous

#C17941 #C1B941 #89C141

triadic

#C1B941 #41C1B9 #B941C1

tetradic

#C1B941 #41C179 #4149C1 #C14189

square

#C1B941 #41C179 #4149C1 #C14189

split-complementary

#C1B941 #4189C1 #7941C1

monochromatic

#666221 #948E30 #C1B941 #D0CA6F #DFDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C1B941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C1B941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B941

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B941	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)

#C9B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd7c',
    500: '#c1b941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b941;
$custom-light: #d7cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B941

secondary

#9296CB

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B941

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

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