#C1BE42#C1BE42

#C1BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.143 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1BE42
RGB	rgb(193, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -14.01, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 62.00, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.044 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.143 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3906, 48.5590, 12.3457)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1BE42 #4245C1

analogous

#C17E42 #C1BE42 #84C142

triadic

#C1BE42 #42C1BE #BE42C1

tetradic

#C1BE42 #42C17E #4245C1 #C14284

square

#C1BE42 #42C17E #4245C1 #C14284

split-complementary

#C1BE42 #4284C1 #7E42C1

monochromatic

#676522 #959331 #C1BE42 #D0CE70 #DFDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C1BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#C1BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1BE42

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1BE42	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)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.143 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d17d',
    500: '#c1be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1be42;
$custom-light: #d7d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78118,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1BE42

secondary

#9395CC

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1BE42

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

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