#C1C042#C1C042

#C1C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C042
RGB	rgb(193, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -15.03, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 62.78, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0469 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.145 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8267, 49.4313, 12.4911)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C042 #4243C1

analogous

#C18142 #C1C042 #82C142

triadic

#C1C042 #42C1C0 #C042C1

tetradic

#C1C042 #42C181 #4243C1 #C14282

square

#C1C042 #42C181 #4243C1 #C14282

split-complementary

#C1C042 #4282C1 #8142C1

monochromatic

#676622 #959431 #C1C042 #D0CF70 #DFDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C1C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C1C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C042

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C042	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d27d',
    500: '#c1c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c042;
$custom-light: #d7d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78551,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C042

secondary

#9394CC

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C042

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

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