#C1C040#C1C040

#C1C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C040
RGB	rgb(193, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -15.14, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 63.56, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0474 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.146 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7688, 49.4081, 12.1860)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C040 #4041C1

analogous

#C17F40 #C1C040 #81C140

triadic

#C1C040 #40C1C0 #C040C1

tetradic

#C1C040 #40C17F #4041C1 #C14081

square

#C1C040 #40C17F #4041C1 #C14081

split-complementary

#C1C040 #4081C1 #7F40C1

monochromatic

#666521 #949330 #C1C040 #D0CF6E #DFDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C1C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C1C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C040

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C040	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d27c',
    500: '#c1c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c040;
$custom-light: #d7d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C040

secondary

#9292CB

accent

#4EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C040

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

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