#C1C851#C1C851

#C1C851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1C851
RGB	rgb(193, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -18.07, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 59.93, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0539 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.142 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1329, 53.2410, 15.7347)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1C851 #5851C8

analogous

#C89351 #C1C851 #86C851

triadic

#C1C851 #51C1C8 #C851C1

tetradic

#C1C851 #51C893 #5851C8 #C85186

square

#C1C851 #51C893 #5851C8 #C85186

split-complementary

#C1C851 #5186C8 #9351C8

monochromatic

#747926 #A0A735 #C1C851 #D2D780 #E2E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C1C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C1C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1C851

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1C851	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d887',
    500: '#c1c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1c851;
$custom-light: #d6d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80425,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1C851

secondary

#403C81

accent

#4CDB55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1C851

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

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