#C1C438#C1C438

#C1C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C438
RGB	rgb(193, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -17.56, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 68.03, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.055 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4475, 51.1040, 11.3687)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C438 #3B38C4

analogous

#C48138 #C1C438 #7BC438

triadic

#C1C438 #38C1C4 #C438C1

tetradic

#C1C438 #38C481 #3B38C4 #C4387B

square

#C1C438 #38C481 #3B38C4 #C4387B

split-complementary

#C1C438 #387BC4 #8138C4

monochromatic

#63651D #92942A #C1C438 #D1D366 #DFE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C1C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C1C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C438

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C438	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d578',
    500: '#c1c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c438;
$custom-light: #d7d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C438

secondary

#32316F

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C438

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

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