#C1C738#C1C738

#C1C738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.159 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C738
RGB	rgb(193, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -19.06, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 69.19, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0591 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.159 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1309, 52.4709, 11.5965)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C738 #3E38C7

analogous

#C78538 #C1C738 #7AC738

triadic

#C1C738 #38C1C7 #C738C1

tetradic

#C1C738 #38C785 #3E38C7 #C7387A

square

#C1C738 #38C785 #3E38C7 #C7387A

split-complementary

#C1C738 #387AC7 #8538C7

monochromatic

#64671D #93972B #C1C738 #D0D468 #DFE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C1C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#C1C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C738

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C738	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.159 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d779',
    500: '#c1c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c738;
$custom-light: #d7d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80002,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C738

secondary

#343272

accent

#48DF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C738

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

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