#C1B951#C1B951

#C1B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1B951
RGB	rgb(193, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -10.47, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 53.68, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0323 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8278, 46.6308, 14.6330)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1B951 #5159C1

analogous

#C18151 #C1B951 #91C151

triadic

#C1B951 #51C1B9 #B951C1

tetradic

#C1B951 #51C181 #5159C1 #C15191

square

#C1B951 #51C181 #5159C1 #C15191

split-complementary

#C1B951 #5191C1 #8151C1

monochromatic

#706B28 #9D9638 #C1B951 #D1CB7E #E1DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C1B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C1B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1B951

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1B951	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd86',
    500: '#c1b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1b951;
$custom-light: #d6cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1B951

secondary

#9FA2CF

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1B951

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

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