#C1C429#C1C429

#C1C429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.163 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C429
RGB	rgb(193, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -18.18, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 72.70, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.058 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.163 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1340, 50.9786, 9.7178)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C429 #2C29C4

analogous

#C47A29 #C1C429 #74C429

triadic

#C1C429 #29C1C4 #C429C1

tetradic

#C1C429 #29C47A #2C29C4 #C42974

square

#C1C429 #29C47A #2C29C4 #C42974

split-complementary

#C1C429 #2974C4 #7A29C4

monochromatic

#5D5F14 #8F911E #C1C429 #D8DA50 #E3E582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C1C429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C1C429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C429

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C429	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.163 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d571',
    500: '#c1c429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c429;
$custom-light: #d8d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.161,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79262,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C429

secondary

#29276A

accent

#3FE843

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C429

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

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