#C4B03A#C4B03A

#C4B03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B03A
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -5.94, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.34, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0222 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.136 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0558, 43.0938, 10.2629)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B03A #3A4EC4

analogous

#C46B3A #C4B03A #93C43A

triadic

#C4B03A #3AC4B0 #B03AC4

tetradic

#C4B03A #3AC46B #3A4EC4 #C43A93

square

#C4B03A #3AC46B #3A4EC4 #C43A93

split-complementary

#C4B03A #3A93C4 #6B3AC4

monochromatic

#665B1E #95862C #C4B03A #D3C369 #E0D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C4B03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B03A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B03A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c777',
    500: '#c4b03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b03a;
$custom-light: #d9c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B03A

secondary

#8E97CC

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B03A

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

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