#C1B950#C1B950

#C1B950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B950
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -10.54, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 54.13, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0326 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.127 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7906, 46.6159, 14.4370)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B950 #5058C1

analogous

#C18050 #C1B950 #90C150

triadic

#C1B950 #50C1B9 #B950C1

tetradic

#C1B950 #50C180 #5058C1 #C15090

square

#C1B950 #50C180 #5058C1 #C15090

split-complementary

#C1B950 #5090C1 #8050C1

monochromatic

#6F6A27 #9C9537 #C1B950 #D1CB7D #E1DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C1B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C1B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B950

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B950	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd85',
    500: '#c1b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b950;
$custom-light: #d6cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B950

secondary

#9EA2CF

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B950

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

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