#C1BE40#C1BE40

#C1BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1BE40
RGB	rgb(193, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -14.13, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 62.79, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0446 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(41.3326, 48.5358, 12.0406)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1BE40 #4043C1

analogous

#C17E40 #C1BE40 #83C140

triadic

#C1BE40 #40C1BE #BE40C1

tetradic

#C1BE40 #40C17E #4043C1 #C14083

square

#C1BE40 #40C17E #4043C1 #C14083

split-complementary

#C1BE40 #4083C1 #7E40C1

monochromatic

#666421 #949130 #C1BE40 #D0CE6E #DFDD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C1BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C1BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1BE40

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1BE40	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d17c',
    500: '#c1be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1be40;
$custom-light: #d7d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78101,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.48535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1BE40

secondary

#9293CB

accent

#51DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1BE40

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

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