#C4B043#C4B043

#C4B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B043
RGB	rgb(196, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -5.45, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 56.70, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0198 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3051, 43.1935, 11.5759)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B043 #4357C4

analogous

#C47043 #C4B043 #98C443

triadic

#C4B043 #43C4B0 #B043C4

tetradic

#C4B043 #43C470 #4357C4 #C44398

square

#C4B043 #43C470 #4357C4 #C44398

split-complementary

#C4B043 #4398C4 #7043C4

monochromatic

#6B6022 #9A8930 #C4B043 #D3C472 #E1D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C4B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C4B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B043

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B043	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c77c',
    500: '#c4b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b043;
$custom-light: #d9c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B043

secondary

#959ECE

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B043

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

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