#C4B03E#C4B03E

#C4B03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B03E
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -5.73, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 58.76, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0212 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1616, 43.1361, 10.8198)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B03E #3E52C4

analogous

#C46D3E #C4B03E #95C43E

triadic

#C4B03E #3EC4B0 #B03EC4

tetradic

#C4B03E #3EC46D #3E52C4 #C43E95

square

#C4B03E #3EC46D #3E52C4 #C43E95

split-complementary

#C4B03E #3E95C4 #6D3EC4

monochromatic

#685D20 #97872E #C4B03E #D2C36D #E1D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C4B03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B03E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B03E	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77a',
    500: '#c4b03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b03e;
$custom-light: #d9c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B03E

secondary

#919ACD

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B03E

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

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