#C1C538#C1C538

#C1C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.157 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C538
RGB	rgb(193, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -18.06, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 68.41, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0564 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.157 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6738, 51.5566, 11.4441)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C538 #3C38C5

analogous

#C58338 #C1C538 #7BC538

triadic

#C1C538 #38C1C5 #C538C1

tetradic

#C1C538 #38C583 #3C38C5 #C5387B

square

#C1C538 #38C583 #3C38C5 #C5387B

split-complementary

#C1C538 #387BC5 #8338C5

monochromatic

#64661D #92952A #C1C538 #D1D467 #DFE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C1C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C1C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C538

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C538	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.157 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d678',
    500: '#c1c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c538;
$custom-light: #d7d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79565,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C538

secondary

#333170

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C538

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

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