#C4B13B#C4B13B

#C4B13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4B13B
RGB	rgb(196, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -6.42, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 60.27, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0234 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2783, 43.4976, 10.4638)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4B13B #3B4EC4

analogous

#C46D3B #C4B13B #92C43B

triadic

#C4B13B #3BC4B1 #B13BC4

tetradic

#C4B13B #3BC46D #3B4EC4 #C43B92

square

#C4B13B #3BC46D #3B4EC4 #C43B92

split-complementary

#C4B13B #3B92C4 #6D3BC4

monochromatic

#665C1F #95872D #C4B13B #D2C46A #E0D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C4B13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C4B13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4B13B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4B13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4B13B	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)

#C2AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4b13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c878',
    500: '#c4b13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4b13b;
$custom-light: #d9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4b13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4B13B

secondary

#8F97CC

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4B13B

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

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