#C4B13A#C4B13A

#C4B13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B13A
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -6.47, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 60.66, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0237 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.2526, 43.4873, 10.3285)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B13A #3A4DC4

analogous

#C46C3A #C4B13A #92C43A

triadic

#C4B13A #3AC4B1 #B13AC4

tetradic

#C4B13A #3AC46C #3A4DC4 #C43A92

square

#C4B13A #3AC46C #3A4DC4 #C43A92

split-complementary

#C4B13A #3A92C4 #6C3AC4

monochromatic

#665C1E #95862C #C4B13A #D3C469 #E0D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4B13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C4B13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B13A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B13A	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c877',
    500: '#c4b13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b13a;
$custom-light: #d9c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B13A

secondary

#8E96CC

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B13A

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

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