#C1C151#C1C151

#C1C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.134 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C151
RGB	rgb(193, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -14.55, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 56.94, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0439 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.134 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5487, 50.0726, 15.2066)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C151 #5151C1

analogous

#C18951 #C1C151 #89C151

triadic

#C1C151 #51C1C1 #C151C1

tetradic

#C1C151 #51C189 #5151C1 #C15189

square

#C1C151 #51C189 #5151C1 #C15189

split-complementary

#C1C151 #5189C1 #8951C1

monochromatic

#707028 #9D9D38 #C1C151 #D1D17E #E1E1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C1C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C1C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C151

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C151	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.134 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d386',
    500: '#c1c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c151;
$custom-light: #d6d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C151

secondary

#3D3D79

accent

#51D751

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C151

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

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