#C1BE38#C1BE38

#C1BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.150 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1BE38
RGB	rgb(193, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -14.55, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 65.77, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0465 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.15 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1211, 48.4512, 10.9265)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1BE38 #383BC1

analogous

#C17A38 #C1BE38 #80C138

triadic

#C1BE38 #38C1BE #BE38C1

tetradic

#C1BE38 #38C17A #383BC1 #C13880

square

#C1BE38 #38C17A #383BC1 #C13880

split-complementary

#C1BE38 #3880C1 #7A38C1

monochromatic

#62611C #928F2A #C1BE38 #D2D064 #E0DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C1BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C1BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1BE38

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1BE38	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.150 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d178',
    500: '#c1be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1be38;
$custom-light: #d7d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1BE38

secondary

#8A8BCB

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1BE38

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

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