#C1C440#C1C440

#C1C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.150 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C440
RGB	rgb(193, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -17.15, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 65.13, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0531 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.15 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6590, 51.1886, 12.4827)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C440 #4340C4

analogous

#C48540 #C1C440 #7FC440

triadic

#C1C440 #40C1C4 #C440C1

tetradic

#C1C440 #40C485 #4340C4 #C4407F

square

#C1C440 #40C485 #4340C4 #C4407F

split-complementary

#C1C440 #407FC4 #8540C4

monochromatic

#676920 #95982F #C1C440 #D0D26F #DFE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C1C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C1C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C440

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C440	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.150 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d57c',
    500: '#c1c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c440;
$custom-light: #d7d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C440

secondary

#363573

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C440

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

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