#C4B03B#C4B03B

#C4B03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B03B
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -5.89, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 59.95, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.022 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0815, 43.1040, 10.3982)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B03B #3B4FC4

analogous

#C46C3B #C4B03B #93C43B

triadic

#C4B03B #3BC4B0 #B03BC4

tetradic

#C4B03B #3BC46C #3B4FC4 #C43B93

square

#C4B03B #3BC46C #3B4FC4 #C43B93

split-complementary

#C4B03B #3B93C4 #6C3BC4

monochromatic

#665C1F #95862D #C4B03B #D2C36A #E0D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C4B03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B03B

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B03B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c778',
    500: '#c4b03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b03b;
$custom-light: #d9c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B03B

secondary

#8F98CC

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B03B

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

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