#C4A53B#C4A53B

#C4A53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A53B
RGB	rgb(196, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -0.07, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 56.73, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0053 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0114, 38.9639, 9.7082)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A53B #3B5AC4

analogous

#C4603B #C4A53B #9FC43B

triadic

#C4A53B #3BC4A5 #A53BC4

tetradic

#C4A53B #3BC460 #3B5AC4 #C43B9F

square

#C4A53B #3BC460 #3B5AC4 #C43B9F

split-complementary

#C4A53B #3B9FC4 #603BC4

monochromatic

#66561F #957D2D #C4A53B #D2BB6A #E0D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C4A53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A53B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A53B	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf77',
    500: '#c4a53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a53b;
$custom-light: #dabf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A53B

secondary

#8F9DCC

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A53B

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

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