#C1C140#C1C140

#C1C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C140
RGB	rgb(193, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -15.64, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 63.95, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0488 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9891, 49.8488, 12.2594)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C140 #4040C1

analogous

#C18040 #C1C140 #80C140

triadic

#C1C140 #40C1C1 #C140C1

tetradic

#C1C140 #40C180 #4040C1 #C14080

square

#C1C140 #40C180 #4040C1 #C14080

split-complementary

#C1C140 #4080C1 #8040C1

monochromatic

#666621 #949430 #C1C140 #D0D06E #DFDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C1C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C1C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C140

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C140	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d37c',
    500: '#c1c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c140;
$custom-light: #d7d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78752,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C140

secondary

#9292CB

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C140

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

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