#C1B949#C1B949

#C1B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B949
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -11.03, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 57.19, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0348 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5453, 46.5178, 13.1451)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B949 #4951C1

analogous

#C17D49 #C1B949 #8DC149

triadic

#C1B949 #49C1B9 #B949C1

tetradic

#C1B949 #49C17D #4951C1 #C1498D

square

#C1B949 #49C17D #4951C1 #C1498D

split-complementary

#C1B949 #498DC1 #7D49C1

monochromatic

#6B6624 #999234 #C1B949 #D1CB77 #E0DCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C1B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#C1B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B949

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B949	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd81',
    500: '#c1b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b949;
$custom-light: #d7cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B949

secondary

#999CCD

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B949

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

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