Information about #C1B549 color

#C1B549 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C1B549 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(193, 181, 73) — 75.7% red, 71% green, 28.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 47 / 24. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #C1B549 reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Billy T (#C1B943). Slightly further away sit Sundance (#C4AA4D) and Warm Olive (#C7B63C).

In RGB terms — rgb(193, 181, 73) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C1B549: 10.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. No one has named #C1B549 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#C1B549 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C1B549 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C1B549

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Old Gold color link
Old Gold

#CFB53B

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Gold Lustre color link
Gold Lustre

#C9B25F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C1B549
  • RGB193, 181, 73
  • CMYK0, 5, 47, 24
  • CSSrgb(193, 181, 73)
  • HSL54°, 49%, 52%
  • HSL Precise54°, 49.18%, 52.157%
  • HSV54°, 62%, 76%
  • HSB54°, 62%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.757
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.757, 0.710, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.757, 0.710, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.757, 0.710, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB75.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC1B549
  • DECIMAL ID12694857
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01