#C1C427#C1C427

#C1C427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.164 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C427
RGB	rgb(193, 196, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -18.25, 70.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 73.24, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0583 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.164 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1000, 50.9650, 9.5386)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C427 #2A27C4

analogous

#C47827 #C1C427 #73C427

triadic

#C1C427 #27C1C4 #C427C1

tetradic

#C1C427 #27C478 #2A27C4 #C42773

square

#C1C427 #27C478 #2A27C4 #C42773

split-complementary

#C1C427 #2773C4 #7827C4

monochromatic

#5C5E13 #8F911D #C1C427 #D9DC4D #E4E680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C1C427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#C1C427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C427

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C427	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 196, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.164 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d571',
    500: '#c1c427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c427;
$custom-light: #d8d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.146,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79253,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C427

secondary

#272669

accent

#3EEA41

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C427

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

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